The mystery of the origin of the ethnonym "Kazak/Kazakh". What does the word Kazakh mean?

America was named after the traveler Amerigo Vespucci, Uzbekistan in honor of the Golden Horde Khan Uzbek Khan, Venezuela in honor of the European city of Venice, Northern Macedonia was named in honor of Alexander the Great, Colombia was named in honor of Christopher Columbus! And in honor of whom was Kazakhstan named? And what does this word mean? This is the third episode of Tarih Marih and today we will consider all the versions for the meaning of the term “Kazakh”! I wanted to say right away that the right version is not “Kazakh”, but “Kazak”. The word “Kazakh” was introduced under the USSR, so as not to be confused with Cossacks, since there is no letter Қ (Q) in Russian.
Many scholars tried to explain the meaning of the word "Kazak", but did not come to a consensus. Therefore, today we will consider all the options. (Saken Seyfullin, Shokan Ualikhanov, V.V. Radlov, Alkey Margulan, Sabit Mukanov, Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpayev, Sarsen Amanzholov)
Some say that we descended from the Sakas, others say that Kazakh is the Kipchak word and means a free wanderer. Kazakh is kas sak. Real saka. Those same Sakas, where Tomiris was the ruler, The Kipchaks also quite often meet the word Kazakh.
I repeat that there are many versions for the origin of this word, but in the end Kerey and Zhanibek called the state the Kazakh Khanate. And this name still sounds around the world. Genadiy Golovkin, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Dimash Kudaibergenov and everyone represents the country of Kazakhstan!
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Screenplay, editing and voice acting: Zarkenov Meirman