Bauyrzhan ( kk, Бауыржан) is a Kazakh given name used in
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
families. The name has two parts: the first, ''Bauyr'', a traditional Kazakh word meaning ''brother'' or ''relative''; the second, ''jan/jaan'', a
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
as ''Bauyrzhan'', since the closest equivalent of the ''j'' sound in
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
is spelled as ''zh''.
Notable people with the given name
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Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-UliWhile publications of the Kazakh government use the first version, all the English translations of Alexander Bek's books use the second. ( kk, Бауыржан Момышұлы, ''Bauyrjan Momy ...
, Kazakh military officer and author
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Bauyrzhan Mukhamedzhanov
Baurzhan Mukhamejanov ( kk, Бауыржан Әлімұлы Мұхамеджанов, ''Bauyrjan Älımūly Mūhamedjanov''; born 26 November 1960) is a Kazakh politician and Doctor of Law who served as Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Georgia from M ...
Bauyrzhan Turysbek
Bauyrzhan Turysbek ( kk, Бауыржан Тұрысбек, born 15 October 1991) is a Kazakhstani Association football, football midfielder who plays for FC Zhetysu, Zhetysu.
Career Club
Turysbek started his career in FC Sunkar, Sunkar, after y ...
, Kazakh football player
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Bauyrjan Baibek
Bauyrjan Qydyrgaliuly Baibek (born 19 March 1974) is a Kazakh politician who served as the äkim of Almaty from 9 August 2015 to 28 June 2019. Along party lines. Baibek was the First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan from 29 June 2019 to 2 February 20 ...
, Kazakh politician
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Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev
Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (born February 28, 1985) is a male freestyle wrestler from Kazakhstan. He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the 1/8 of final losing with Yogeshwar Dutt from India
Indi ...