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Khazar

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1. Khazar - Noun

2. Khazar - Adjective

3. Khazar - Proper noun

Meaning

A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).

(racist, derogatory, offensive slang) A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.
The Khazars have been hogging public services.

Khazar (not comparable)

Of or relating to Khazars.

Khazar

The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which a single word is attested, ????????????????????????‎.

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According to Arabic sources, the lesser king was called îšâ and the greater king Khazar xâqân ; the former managed and commanded the military, while the greater king's role was primarily sacral, less concerned with daily affairs. Source: Internet

A few scholars have theorized that the conversion of the Khazar elite to Judaism never happened. Source: Internet

Among many Khazar and Rus items, Artamonov discovered Byzantine columns used in the construction of Sarkel. Source: Internet

Byzantine and Khazar forces may have clashed in the Crimea, and by the 940s emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus was speculating in De Administrando Imperio about ways in which the Khazars could be isolated and attacked. Source: Internet

Despite their success, the Arabs had not yet defeated the Khazar army, and they retreated south of the Caucasus. Source: Internet

A number of Russian sources give the name of a Khazar khagan from this period as Irbis and describe him as a scion of the Göktürk royal house, the Ashina. Source: Internet

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