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Name Kurmangazy
Gender Masculine
Usage Kazakh
Scripts Құрманғазы (Kazakh Cyrillic), قۇرمانعازى (Kazakh Arabic)
Other Forms FormsQurmangazy, Kurmangazi, Qurmangazi
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Meaning & History
Derived from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān) meaning "sacrifice, gift (to God)" combined with غَازِي (ḡāzī) "hero, champion, warrior". A famous bearer was Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1818-1889), a Kazakh folk instrumentalist and composer known for his work using the dombra (a two-stringed plucked instrument).