Uzbek
Meanings
noun
- A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.
adj
- Of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, the Uzbek people or the Uzbek language.
name
- The language of Uzbekistan.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + 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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