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Etymology of Uzbek

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; po

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A native or inhabitant of Uzbekistan. · 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.

adj

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

name

The language of Uzbekistan.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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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