WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):Khirghiz n 1: a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia [syn: Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz] 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz [syn: Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz]