ازبک

See also: أربك

Persian

Alternative forms

• اوزبک (ūzbak / uzbak), (obsolete) یوزبک (yōzbak / yuzbak)
• اوزبیک (ōzbēk), ازبیک (uzbēk) (Dari, Tajik, from Uzbek)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai اوزبک (özbäk).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔuz.ˈbak/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊz.bák]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊz.bák]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊz.bák]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔuz.bák]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoz.bǽkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuz.bák]

Readings
Classical reading?	uzbak
Dari reading?	uzbak
Iranian reading?	ozbak
Tajik reading?	uzbak

Noun

ازبک • (uzbak / ozbak) (plural ازبک‌ها (uzbak-hā / ozbak-hâ), Tajik spelling узбак)

1. Uzbek (person)

Derived terms

• ازبکستان (uzbakistān / ozbakestân)
• ازبکی (uzbakī / ozbaki)

Adjective

ازبک • (uzbak / ozbak) (Tajik spelling узбак)

1. Uzbek

Urdu

اُزبَک

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ازبک (uzbak, “Uzbek”), which in turn was likely from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊz.bək/
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

ازبک • (uzbak) m

1. Uzbek, a western Karluk Turkic people native to Uzbekistan and Central Asia

Derived terms

• اُزبَک پَنا (uzbak-panā)

Related terms

• اُزبَکِی (uzbakī)
• اُزبَکِستان (uzbakistān)

References

• “ازبک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ازبک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ازبک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ازبک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.