English Explanatory Dictionary

Uzbekistan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.

Pronunciation

/ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/ /-stæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Uzbekistan.wav /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑn/ En-us-Uzbekistan.ogg /ʉzˌbɛkɪˈstan/

Word forms

Uzbekistan Uzbekhistan

Etymology

From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is known to be from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan.

Related words

Uzbek Uzbek SSR

Derived words

Uzbekistan Time Uzbekistani
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