We looked at some culturally significant Kazakh names a couple of weeks ago, so today let’s check out a few nature-inspired Kazakh names that reference flora, fauna, weather, and more:
- Agashpai, “tree”
- Ainur, “moonlight”
- Aisulu, “beautiful moon”
- Aiturgan, “new moon”
- Aizharyk, “bright moon”
- Akseleu, “stipa” (feathergrass)
- Almagul, “apple blossom”
- Anara, “pomegranate”
- Arystan, “lion”
- Beibars, “leopard”
- Boranbai, “snowstorm”
- Bota, “young camel”
- Burkit, “golden eagle”
- Kalampyr, “carnation”
- Karlygash, “swallow” (the bird)
- Karzhau, “snowing”
- Koshkarbai, “sheep”
- Kuralai, “young dappled deer”
- Kyskyrbai, “wolf”
- Kyzgaldak, “tulip”
- Orken, “stalk”
- Otarbai, “rich with sheep”
- Raushan, “rose”
- Samal, “breeze”
- Sandugash, “nightingale”
- Tanatar, “dawn”
- Tekebai, “goat”
- Tumanbai, “fog”
- Tylkibai, “fox”
- Zhanbyrbai, “rainy”
- Zhuldyz, “star”
- Zhupar, “wormwood”
- Zhylkaidar, “speeding horses”
Which of those definitions do you like best?
Source: Linguo-Semantic Peculiarities of Kazakh Proper Names (2014)
Image: Adapted from Bayterek by night 04 by Davide Mauro under CC BY-SA 4.0.
