Kyrgyzstan

See also: Kyrgyzstán

English

Alternative forms

Kirgizstan, Kirghizstan, Kyrghyzstan
Kirgizia, Kirghizia, Kyrgyzia, Kyrghyzia

Etymology

From Kyrgyz Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan), from кыргыз (kırgız, “Kyrgyz”) +‎ -стан (-stan, “-stan”). Equivalent to Kyrgyz +‎ -stan. More at Kyrgyz.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪə.ɡɪˌstɑːn/, /ˈkɛː.ɡɪˌstɑːn/, /-stæn/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪəɹ.ɡɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌkɛːɹ.ɡɪˈstɑːn/, /-stæn/
- Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Kyrgyzstan

A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Official name: Kyrgyz Republic. Capital: Bishkek.

Related terms

Translations

country in Central Asia

Abkhaz: Ҟырӷызсҭан (Qʼərğəzstan), Ҟырҕызсҭан (Qʼərğəzstan) (old spelling)
Afrikaans: Kirgisië (af), Kirgistan (af)
Albanian: Kirgistan m, Kirgistani m (definite)
Amharic: ኪርጊዝስታን (kirgizəstan)
Angika: किर्गिजस्तान (kirgijastān)
Arabic: قِيرْغِيزِسْتَان f (qirḡizistān), قِرْغِيزْسْتَان f (qirḡīzstān), قِرْغِزْسْتَان f (qirḡizstān)
Hijazi Arabic: قرغيزستان f (qirḡīzistān)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܪܩܸܙܣܛܵܢ f (qirqizsṭan)
Armenian: Ղրղզստան (hy) (Ġrġzstan)
Assamese: কিৰগিজস্তান (kirgizostan)
Asturian: Kirguistán (ast)
Awadhi: किर्गिजस्तान (kirgijastān)
Azerbaijani: Qırğızıstan (az)
Cyrillic: Гырғызыстан
Bashkir: Ҡырғыҙстан (Qırğıźstan)
Basque: Kirgizistan (eu), Kirgizia (eu)
Belarusian: Кыргызста́н m (Kyrhyzstán), Кыргы́зія f (Kyrhýzija), Кіргі́зія f (Kirhízija)
Bengali: কিরগিজিস্তান (bn) (kirgijistan)
Bulgarian: Киргизста́н (bg) m (Kirgizstán)
Burmese: ကာဂစ်စတန် (kagacca.tan), ကာဂျစ္စတန် (kagyacca.tan)
Buryat: Хиргис Улас (Xirgis Ulas)
Old Buryat: ᠬᠢᠷᠭᠢᠰ
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (kirgis ulus)
Catalan: Kirguizistan (ca) m
Chechen: Гӏиргӏазойчоь (Ğirğazojčö)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 吉爾吉斯斯坦 / 吉尔吉斯斯坦 (gat¹ ji⁵ gat¹ si¹ si¹ taan²)

Dungan: Хырхызстан (Hɨrhɨzstan)

Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯斯坦 / 吉尔吉斯斯坦 (zh) (Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn)
Czech: Kyrgyzstán (cs) m
Danish: Kirgisistan n, Kirgisien n
Dhivehi: ކިރިގިސްތާން (dv) (kirigistān̊)
Dutch: Kirgizië (nl) n, Kirgistan (nl) n
Esperanto: Kirgizistano, Kirgizio
Estonian: Kõrgõzstan (et), Kirgiisia (dated)
Finnish: Kirgisia (fi)
French: Kirghizistan (fr) m, Kirghizstan (fr) m
Georgian: ყირგიზეთი (ka) (q̇irgizeti)
German: Kirgisistan (de) n, Kirgisien (de) n
Greek: Κιργιζία (el) f (Kirgizía), Κιργιζιστάν n (Kirgizistán)
Hausa: Kyrgystan
Hebrew: קִירְגִּיזְסְטָן f (kirgizistan)
Hindi: किर्गिज़स्तान (hi) m (kirgizastān), किर्ग़िज़स्तान m (kirġizastān)
Hungarian: Kirgizisztán (hu)
Icelandic: Kirgistan (is) n
Ido: Kirgizistan
Indonesian: Kirgizstan (id)
Irish: Cirgeastáin f
Italian: Kirghizistan (it) m
Japanese: キルギス (ja) (Kirugisu), キルギスタン (ja) (Kirugisutan)
Kalmyk: Буруд (Burud)
Written Oirat: ᡋᡇᠷᡇᡉᡑ (buruüd)
Kannada: ಕಿರ್ಗಿಸ್ಥಾನ್ (kn) (kirgisthān)
Kazakh: Қырғызстан (kk) (Qyrğyzstan)
Khmer: កៀហ្ស៊ីស៊ីស្ថាន (km) (kiəziisiisthaan)
Korean: 키르기스스탄 (ko) (Kireugiseuseutan), 끼르기즈스딴 (ko) (Kkireugijeuseuttan) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Kirgîzistan (ku)
Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан (ky) (Kırgızstan)
Lao: ກຽກກີເຊຍ (kīak kī sīa), ກຽກກິດສະຖານ (kīak kit sa thān)
Latin: Chirgisia f
Latvian: Kirgizstāna (lv) f
Lithuanian: Kirgizija (lt) f, Kirgizstanas (lt) m
Macedonian: Киргиста́н m (Kirgistán)
Malay: Kyrgyzstan (ms)
Malayalam: കിർഗ്ഗിസ്ഥാൻ (kiṟggisthāṉ)
Maltese: Kirgiżistan
Māori: Kehitāna, Kikitānga
Marathi: किर्गिजस्तान (kirgijastān)
Mingrelian: ყირგიზეთი (q̇irgizeti)
Mongolian:
Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠷᠭᠢᠰ (kirgis)

Cyrillic: Киргиз (Kirgiz), Хиргис (Xirgis)
Navajo: Kíígiz bikéyah
Nepali: किर्गिस्तान (kirgistān)
Norman: Kyrgyzstan m, Qùirgùisie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kirgisistan (no) n
Ossetian: Хъиргъиз (Qirǧiz)
Pashto: قرغزستان (qirġizistān)
Persian:
Dari: قِرْقِیزِسْتَان (qirqīzistān), قِرْغِیزِسْتَان (qirġīzistān)

Iranian Persian: قِرْقیزِسْتان (ġerġizestân), قِرْغیزِسْتان (ġerġizestân)
Polish: Kirgistan (pl) m inan
Portuguese: Quirguistão (pt) m, Quirguizistão (pt) m
Romanian: Kârgâzstan (ro) n
Romansh: Kirghisia f
Russian: Кыргызста́н (ru) m (Kyrgyzstán) (official), Кирги́зия (ru) f (Kirgízija), Киргизста́н (ru) m (Kirgizstán)
Sanskrit: किरगिस्थान (kiragisthāna), किर्गिजस्थानम् (kirgijasthānam)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ки̏ргиста̄н m, Кѝргӣзија f

Latin: Kȉrgistān (sh) m, Kìrgīzija (sh) f
Sinhalese: කිර්‍ගිස්‍තානය (kirgistānaya)
Slovak: Kirgizsko n, Kirgizstan m
Slovene: Kirgizistan (sl) m
Spanish: Kirguizistán (es) m, Kirguistán (es) m
Swahili: Kirigizistani, Kirigizia, Ukirigizi
Swedish: Kirgizistan (sv) n
Tagalog: Kirgistan
Tajik: Қирғизистон (tg) (Qirġiziston)
Talysh: Qirğiziston
Tamil: கிர்கிஸ்தான் (kirkistāṉ)
Tat: Qerğızestan
Tatar: Кыргызстан (Qırğızstan)
Telugu: కిర్గిజిస్తాన్ (te) (kirgijistān)
Thai: คีร์กีซสถาน (th) (kii-gíis-sà-tǎan)
Turkish: Kırgızistan (tr)
Turkmen: Gyrgyzystan
Cyrillic: Гыргызыстан
Tuvan: Кыргыстан (Kırgıstan)
Ukrainian: Киргизста́н (uk) m (Kyrhyzstán), Кирги́зія f (Kyrhýzija), Кирґизста́н m (Kyrgyzstán)
Urdu: کِرْغِیزَسْتان m (kirġīzastān)
Uyghur: قىرغىزىستان (qirghizistan)
Uzbek: Qirgʻiziston (uz)
Cyrillic: Қирғизистон (uz) (Qirgʻiziston)
Vietnamese: Cư-rơ-gư-xtan, Cư-rơ-gư-dơ-xtan
Welsh: Cyrgystan, Cirgistan
Yiddish: קירגיזיע (kirgizye), קירגיזסטאַן (kirgizstan)

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kyrgyzstan, from Kyrgyz Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪr.ɡɪˌstan/

Proper noun

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: powyow Asi (appendix)edit

Related terms

kyrgyzek (“Kyrgyz”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of *Kyrgyzstan*
radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
Kyrgyzstan	Gyrgyzstan	Hyrgyzstan	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.