Khazar

noun

Kha·​zar

variants or less commonly Khozar or Chazar

kəˈzär

plural Khazar or Khazars also Khozar or Khozars or Chazar or Chazars

1

: a Tatar people existing as a nation in the Caucasus and southeastern Russia from about the end of the 2d century a.d. to the end of the 11th century

2

: a member of the Khazar people

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