Oghuz
Meanings
noun
- A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens
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- A subbranch of the Turkic language family. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen.
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Etymology
From Turkish Oğuz, from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰕 (uǧz), a term for a tribal military division, perhaps in origin an early plural of 𐰸 (ok, “kin”) (arrows in early Turkic culture were used as symbolizing such tribes or divisions in ceremonial or ritual contexts).
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