Uzbek

See also: uzbek and Użbek

English

Alternative forms

• Euzbeg (obsolete)

Etymology

From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊzbɛk/, /ˈuːzbɛk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

Uzbek (plural Uzbeks)

1. A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.
   • 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     Fashionable Uzbeks wear clothing made from the fabric, and suzanis have become popular with interior designers from the UK to Singapore, who use them as wall décor, bedding, or as the fabric for throw pillows.

Translations

person

• Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّ m (ʔūzbakiyy), أُوزْبَكِيّة f (ʔūzbakiyya)
• Armenian: ուզբեկ (uzbek)
• Asturian: uzbecu (ast) m, uzbequistanín (ast) m, uzbeca (ast) f, uzbequistanina (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: özbək (az)
• Belarusian: узбе́к m (uzbjék), узбе́чка f (uzbjéčka)
• Catalan: uzbek (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏茲別克人 / 乌兹别克人 (zh) (wūzībiékèrén)

• Czech: Uzbek (cs) m
• Danish: usbeker c
• Dutch: Oezbeek (nl) m, Oezbeekse (nl) f
• Esperanto: uzbeko, uzbekino, uzbeko (man or woman), uzbekino (woman)
• Faroese: usbeki m
• Finnish: uzbekki (fi)
• French: Ouzbek (fr) m, Ouzbèke (fr) f
• Galician: uzbeko (gl) m
• Georgian: უზბეკი (uzbeḳi)
• German: Usbeke (de) m, Usbekin (de) f
• Gujarati: ઉઝબક m (ujhabak)
• Hebrew: אוזבקי m (uzbeki), אוזבקית f (uzbekit)
• Hindi: उज़्बेक m or f (uzbek)
• Hungarian: üzbég (hu)
• Italian: uzbeko m, uzbeka f
• Japanese: ウズベク人 (ja) (uzubeku-jin)
• Kazakh: өзбек (özbek)
• Kyrgyz: өзбек (ky) (özbek)
• Latvian: uzbeks m, uzbekiete f
• Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ (udzibiyek)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usbeker m

  Nynorsk: usbekar (nn) m

• Pashto: ازبک (ps) m (ozbák), اوزبک m (ozbák)
• Polish: Uzbek (pl) m, Uzbeczka (pl) f, Uzbekistańczyk (pl) m, Uzbekistanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: uzbeque (pt) m or f
• Romanian: uzbec (ro) m, uzbecă (ro) f
• Russian: узбе́к (ru) m (uzbék), узбе́чка (ru) f (uzbéčka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: У̀збек m, Узбекиста́нац m

  Latin: Ùzbek m, Uzbekistánac m

• Slovak: Uzbek m, Uzbeci m pl
• Spanish: uzbeko (es) m
• Swahili: Mzibeki (sw)
• Tatar: үзбәк (tt) (üzbäk)
• Turkish: Özbek (tr), Özbekistanlı
• Turkmen: özbek (tk)
• Ukrainian: узбе́к (uk) m (uzbék), узбе́чка f (uzbéčka)
• Uyghur: ئۆزبېك (özbëk)
• Uzbek: oʻzbek (uz)

  Cyrillic: ўзбек (oʻzbek)

• Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ
  ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (udzibiyek niyalma)

Adjective

Uzbek (comparative more Uzbek, superlative most Uzbek)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, the Uzbek people or the Uzbek language.
   • 1994, World Link, volumes 1–4, page 182:

     Outside government, Uzbek and Islamic social mores – by no means always mutually compatible – have always exerted their own influences. One positive and very Uzbek influence are the Mahallas, mutual help communities of families, local businesses and committees which deal effectively with a wide range of local issues.

   • 1999, Andrew Dowling, “Uzbekistan”, in The Godless Pilgrim, London: Fusion Press, →ISBN, part two (Central), page 116:

     He is a gruff, white-bearded man, very Uzbek in his skull-cap and long grey coat.

   • 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 224:

     As for the unpredictable Uzbek commander Dostum, Rasheed said no one knew where he would stand.

   • 2008, Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel Guide, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, page 260:

     Özgön has a university, a brewery and a distinctive bazaar that is very Uzbek in character.

   • 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     Uzbekistan came under Russian control in the 19th century, and traditional Uzbek craftsmanship almost didn’t survive the Soviet era.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language

• Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّ (ʔūzbakiyy)
• Armenian: ուզբեկական (hy) (uzbekakan)
• Asturian: uzbecu (ast), uzbequistanín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: özbək (az)
• Bengali: উজবেক (bn) (ujbek)
• Belarusian: узбе́кскі (uzbjékski), узбэ́цкі (uzbécki) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: узбе́кски (uzbékski)
• Catalan: uzbek (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏茲別克 / 乌兹别克 (zh) (Wūzībiékè), 烏孜別克 / 乌孜别克 (zh) (Wūzībiékè), 月即別 / 月即别 (Yuèjíbié) (historical)

• Czech: uzbecký (cs)
• Danish: usbekisk
• Dutch: Oezbeeks (nl)
• Faroese: usbekskur
• Finnish: uzbekistanilainen (fi), uzbekinkielinen (fi)
• French: ouzbek (fr)
• Galician: uzbeko (gl)
• Georgian: უზბეკური (uzbeḳuri)
• German: usbekisch (de)
• Hindi: उज़बेक (hi) (uzbek), उज़्बेक (uzbek)
• Hungarian: üzbég (hu)
• Italian: uzbeko
• Japanese: ウズベク (uzubeku)
• Kazakh: өзбек (özbek)
• Korean: 우즈베크 (ujeubekeu)
• Kyrgyz: өзбек (ky) (özbek)
• Latvian: uzbeku, uzbekisks
• Maltese: Użbek
• Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ (udzibiyek)
• Mongolian: узбек (mn) (uzbek)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usbekisk (no)

  Nynorsk: usbekisk (nn)

• Pashto: ازبکي (ps) (ozbakí)
• Persian: ازبکی (fa) (ozbaki)
• Polish: uzbecki (pl)
• Portuguese: uzbeque (pt)
• Romanian: uzbec (ro)
• Russian: узбе́кский (ru) (uzbékskij)
• Slovak: uzbecký
• Spanish: uzbeko (es)
• Tajik: ӯзбекӣ (üzbeki)
• Tatar: үзбәк (tt) (üzbäk)
• Thai: อุซเบก
• Turkish: Özbek (tr)
• Turkmen: özbek (tk)
• Ukrainian: узбе́цький (uzbécʹkyj)
• Uyghur: ئۆزبېك (özbëk)
• Uzbek: oʻzbek (uz)

  Cyrillic: ўзбек (oʻzbek)

• Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ (udzibiyek)

Proper noun

Uzbek

2. The language of Uzbekistan.

Translations

language

• Arabic: الأُوزْبَكِيَّة f (al-ʔūzbakiyya), اللُّغَة الأُوزْبَكِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-ʔūzbakiyya), أُوزْبَكِيّ m (ʔūzbakiyy) (colloquial)
• Armenian: ուզբեկերեն (hy) (uzbekeren)
• Asturian: uzbecu (ast), uzbequistanín (ast)
• Basque: uzbekera
• Catalan: uzbek (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏茲別克語 / 乌兹别克语 (zh) (wūzībiékèyǔ)

• Czech: uzbečtina (cs) f
• Danish: usbekisk c
• Dhivehi: އުޒްބެކި (uzbeki)
• Dutch: Oezbeeks (nl) n
• Faroese: usbekskt n
• Finnish: uzbekki (fi), uzbekin kieli
• French: ouzbek (fr) m, turk-oriental (obsolete)
• Galician: uzbeko (gl) m
• German: Usbekisch (de) n
• Hebrew: אוּזְבֶּקִית f (uzbekit)
• Hindi: उज़बेक (hi) f (uzbek), उज़्बेक f (uzbek)
• Hungarian: üzbég (hu)
• Icelandic: úsbekíska (is) f
• Italian: uzbeko m
• Japanese: ウズベク語 (ja) (uzubeku-go)
• Korean: 우즈베크어 (ko) (ujeubekeueo)
• Kyrgyz: өзбекче (ky) (özbekce)
• Latvian: uzbeku, uzbeku valoda f
• Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ
  ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (udzibiyek gisun)
• Navajo: Ózbeʼ bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usbekisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: usbekisk (nn) m

• Persian: ازبکی (fa) (ozbaki)
• Polish: uzbecki (pl) m
• Portuguese: uzbeque (pt) m
• Romanian: uzbecă (ro) f (undef.), limba uzbecă f
• Russian: узбе́кский (ru) m (uzbékskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀збечкӣ m

  Latin: ùzbečkī (sh) m

• Slovak: uzbečtina f
• Spanish: uzbeko (es) m
• Swahili: Kizibeki
• Tajik: ӯзбакӣ (tg) (üzbaki)
• Turkish: Özbekçe (tr), Özbek Türkçesi (tr)
• Uzbek: oʻzbekcha (uz), ўзбекча (oʻzbekcha)
• Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ
  ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (udzibiyek gisun)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Uzbek terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code uz, ISO 639-3 code uzb (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Uzbek, uzb ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Northern Uzbek, uzn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southern Uzbek, uzs ⁠

Anagrams

• Buzek

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuzbɛk]

Noun

Uzbek m anim

1. Uzbek (person)

Declension

Declension of Uzbek (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Uzbek	Uzbekové, Uzbeci
genitive	Uzbeka	Uzbeků
dative	Uzbekovi, Uzbeku	Uzbekům
accusative	Uzbeka	Uzbeky
vocative	Uzbeku	Uzbekové, Uzbeci
locative	Uzbekovi, Uzbeku	Uzbecích
instrumental	Uzbekem	Uzbeky

Related terms

• Uzbekistán

Further reading

• “Uzbek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Uzbek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuz.bɛk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uzbɛk
• Syllabification: Uz‧bek

Noun

Uzbek m pers

1. Uzbek (person from Uzbekistan)

   Synonym: Uzbekistańczyk

Declension

Declension of Uzbek

	singular	plural
nominative	Uzbek	Uzbecy/Uzbeki (deprecative)
genitive	Uzbeka	Uzbeków
dative	Uzbekowi	Uzbekom
accusative	Uzbeka	Uzbeków
instrumental	Uzbekiem	Uzbekami
locative	Uzbeku	Uzbekach
vocative	Uzbeku	Uzbecy

Related terms

• uzbecki
• Uzbekistan

Further reading

• Uzbek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuz.bek/

Noun

Uzbek m pers (female equivalent Uzbečka)

1. Uzbek

Declension

Declension of Uzbek
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Uzbek	Uzbeci
genitive	Uzbeka	Uzbekov
dative	Uzbekovi	Uzbekom
accusative	Uzbeka	Uzbekov
locative	Uzbekovi	Uzbekoch
instrumental	Uzbekom	Uzbekmi

Derived terms

• uzbecký

Further reading

• “Uzbek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026