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Kazakh
Etymology
From қызы (qyzy), the third-person singular possessed form of қыз (qyz, “girl; daughter”).
Compare Yakut кыыһа (kııha), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qə.zə/
- Hyphenation: -қы‧зы
Suffix
-қызы • (-qyzy)
- Used to form a female patronymic
- Қайып (Qaiyp, male given name) + -қызы (-qyzy) → Қайыпқызы (Qaiypqyzy, female patronymic)
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