Translation of Kazakh word "ғасыр" to English
ғасыр
/ʁɑsɯr/
Meaning
NounA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
How to use
Borrowed from Arabic, commonly used in historical contexts. Follows Kazakh hard-vowel (жуан) vowel harmony in suffixation (plural: -лар/-дар/-тар, case suffixes: -ға/-қа/-да/-тан).
🇬🇧 English
century
Example
Мен өткен ғасырда дүниеге келдім
I was born last century
Бұл жаңа ғасыр
This is a new century
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Common phrases
- жиырмасыншы ғасыр— twentieth century
- Мен өткен ғасырда дүниеге келдім— I was born last century
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The Kazakh word "ғасыр" means "century" in English.
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