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納扎爾巴耶夫

简纳扎尔巴耶夫 · 繁納扎爾巴耶夫

Mandarin · pinyin Nà zhā ěr bā yē fū

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019

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扎: zhā · pull up; pierce; struggle free
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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
耶: yé · used in transliteration
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–1–3–1–1–1 · Na4 zha1 er3 ba1 ye1 fu1

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a transliteration of the Kazakh surname Назарбаев (Nazarbayev), Nazarbayev

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