Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic مەششاندىق
Cyrillic мещандық
Latin meşandyq
Yañalif meccandьq

Etymology

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From Russian меща́нство (meščánstvo).

Noun

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мещандық (meşandyq)

  1. (historical) petite bourgeoisie, urban lower middle class (social estate in the Russian Empire)