From*kajaxar, a form ofProto-Mongolic*kadaxar, perhaps influenced byхазах(xazax,“to bite”).
CompareKalmykхазар(xazar),Dongxiangghada,Middle Mongol[script needed](qada'ar).
хазаар• (xazaar) (Mongolian spellingᠬᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ(qaǰaɣar),definite pluralхазаарууд);(regular declension)