хъазахъ

From Kipchak *qazaq (“tramp, tribeless, homeless”).

• IPA^(key): /q͡χːazaːq͡χː/

хъазахъ • (qxazaqx) class 1 (ergative хъазхъица or хъазахъас, genitive хъазхъил or хъазахъасул, plural хъузхъул or хъазахъал)

1. slave, captive slave

   Synonyms: асир (asir), гъул-гъараваш (ğul-ğarawaš), лагъ (lağ)

2. farmhand

   Synonyms: батрак (batrak), рагьтӏател (rahtʼatel)

3. Cossack
4. (archaic ethnic slur) Georgian

   Synonym: гуржи (gurži)

• Since Avars often captured and enslaved Georgians during raids such as the Lekianoba, they also used this name for Georgians for the purpose of ethnic slur.