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Uzbek.

A member of a Central Asian Turkic ethnic group native to Uzbekistan and neighboring countries, with significant, centuries-old indigenous populations across northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʊzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʌzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɵzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʌzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard

  1. A member of a Central Asian Turkic ethnic group native to Uzbekistan and neighboring countries, with significant, centuries-old indigenous populations across northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Chagatai اوزبک (özbäk) Uzbek oʻzbekbor. Russian узбе́к (uzbék)bor. English Uzbek Borrowed from Russian узбе́к (uzbék), borrowed from Uzbek oʻzbek. First attested in 1616. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Eastern Iranian Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.

adj/ˈʊzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʌzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɵzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʌzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, the Uzbek people or the Uzbek language.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Chagatai اوزبک (özbäk) Uzbek oʻzbekbor. Russian узбе́к (uzbék)bor. English Uzbek Borrowed from Russian узбе́к (uzbék), borrowed from Uzbek oʻzbek. First attested in 1616. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Eastern Iranian Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.

name/ˈʊzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈʌzbɛk/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɵzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈʌzbɛk/British, Southern, Standard

  1. The language of Uzbekistan.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Chagatai اوزبک (özbäk) Uzbek oʻzbekbor. Russian узбе́к (uzbék)bor. English Uzbek Borrowed from Russian узбе́к (uzbék), borrowed from Uzbek oʻzbek. First attested in 1616. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Eastern Iranian Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.

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