Uzbek

Meanings

Noun

• A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.
• The language of Uzbekistan.

Adjective

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

Origin

• From Russian узбек, from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz + Sogdian βγ; the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.