HISTORICAL-ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING OF THE WORD “KAZAK”
Keywords:
kazak,, ethnonim,, kipchak,, turks.Abstract
In the article the process of formation of the word "kazak" is investigated in regards of historical-ethnographic, geographical and linguistic materials. On the basis of the analysis of numerous authoritative authors, historical chronicles and historical-geographical toponyms the author comes to a conclusion that the meaning of "Kazak" has arisen from the Turkish origin and was formed in ancient and medieval Turkish areal.
