Oghuz

English

Etymology

From Turkish Oğuz, from an Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰕 (uǧz), a term for a tribal military division, perhaps in origin an early plural of 𐰸 (ok, “kin”) (arrows in early Turkic culture were used as symbolizing such tribes or divisions in ceremonial or ritual contexts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈɡuːz/

Noun

1. A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens

Translations

Oghuz people

• Arabic: غُز (ḡuz), أُوغُوز (ʔūḡūz), أُغُوز (ʔuḡūz)
• Aragonese: oguzes
• Armenian: օղուզ (ōġuz)
• Azerbaijani: Oğuz Türkləri
• Bashkir: Уғыҙ (Uğıź), Уғыҙҙар pl (Uğıźźar)
• Bulgarian: огу́зи m pl (ogúzi)
• Catalan: oghuz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏古斯人／乌古斯人, 乌古斯人 (Wūgǔsī rén)

• Dutch: Oguzen
• Finnish: eteläturkkilaiset kansat pl
• French: Oghouzes (fr) pl
• German: Oghusen pl
• Hebrew: אוע'וז
• Hungarian: úzok pl
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• Indonesian: Oghuz, Oguz
• Japanese: オグズ (Oguzu)
• Kazakh: оғыз (oğyz)
• Norwegian: oghuz-tyrkere
• Ottoman Turkish: اغوز (Oğuz)
• Persian: اغوز (Oğuz)
• Polish: oguzowie
• Portuguese: oguz m or f
• Russian: огу́зы (ru) m pl (ogúzy)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ouzi Turci
• Swedish: oghuzer pl
• Turkish: Oğuz (tr), Oğuzlar (tr) pl, Oğuz Türkleri pl
• Ukrainian: огу́зи m pl (ohúzy), гу́зи m pl (húzy)
• Uyghur: ئوغۇز (oghuz), ئوغۇزلار pl (oghuzlar)
• Uzbek: Oʻgʻuzlar

Proper noun

Oghuz

1. A subbranch of the Turkic language family. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen.

Derived terms

• Proto-Oghuz

See also

• Gagavuz
• Oğuz

Anagrams

• zhoug