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Uzbek

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʊzbɛk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌzbɛk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɵzbɛk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈʌzbɛk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈʊzbɛk/
  • General-American: /ʊzˈbɛk/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈʉzbɛk/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈʌzbɛk/
  • CMU ARPABET: UW1 Z B EH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language of Uzbekistan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

5

noun

Meaning 5

a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

6

noun

Meaning 6

a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّ (ʔūzbakiyy) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Armenian: ուզբեկական (uzbekakan) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Asturian: uzbecu — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Asturian: uzbequistanín — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Azerbaijani: özbək — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Bengali: উজবেক (ujbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Belarusian: узбе́кскі (uzbjékski) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Belarusian: узбэ́цкі (uzbécki) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Bulgarian: узбе́кски (uzbékski) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Catalan: uzbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏茲別克 /乌兹别克 (Wūzībiékè) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏孜別克 /乌孜别克 (Wūzībiékè) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 月即別 /月即别 (Yuèjíbié) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Czech: uzbecký — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Danish: usbekisk — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Dutch: Oezbeeks — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Faroese: usbekskur — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Finnish: uzbekistanilainen — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Finnish: uzbekinkielinen — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • French: ouzbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Galician: uzbeko — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Georgian: უზბეკური (uzbeḳuri) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • German: usbekisch — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Hindi: उज़बेक (uzbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Hindi: उज़्बेक (uzbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Hungarian: üzbég — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Italian: uzbeko — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Japanese: ウズベク (uzubeku) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Kazakh: өзбек (özbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Korean: 우즈베크 (ujeubekeu) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Kyrgyz: өзбек (özbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Latvian: uzbeku — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Latvian: uzbekisks — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Maltese: Użbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ (udzibiyek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Mongolian: узбек (uzbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: usbekisk — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: usbekisk — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Pashto: ازبکي (ozbakí) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Persian: ازبکی (ozbaki) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Polish: uzbecki — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Portuguese: uzbeque — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Romanian: uzbec — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Russian: узбе́кский (uzbékskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀збечкӣ — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùzbečkī — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Slovak: uzbecký — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Slovene: uzbeški — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Spanish: uzbeko — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Tajik: ӯзбекӣ (üzbeki) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Tatar: үзбәк (üzbäk) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Thai: อุซเบก — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Turkish: Özbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Turkmen: özbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Ukrainian: узбе́цький (uzbécʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Uyghur: ئۆزبېك (özbëk) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Uzbek: oʻzbek — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Uzbek: ўзбек (oʻzbek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ (udzibiyek) — of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, its people or language
  • Arabic: الأُوزْبَكِيَّة (al-ʔūzbakiyya) — language
  • Arabic: اللُّغَة الأُوزْبَكِيَّة (al-luḡa l-ʔūzbakiyya) — language
  • Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّ (ʔūzbakiyy) — language
  • Armenian: ուզբեկերեն (uzbekeren) — language
  • Asturian: uzbecu — language
  • Asturian: uzbequistanín — language
  • Basque: uzbekera — language
  • Bulgarian: узбе́кски (uzbékski) — language
  • Bulgarian: узбе́кски ези́к (uzbékski ezík) — language
  • Catalan: uzbek — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏茲別克語 /乌兹别克语 (wūzībiékèyǔ) — language
  • Czech: uzbečtina — language
  • Danish: usbekisk — language
  • Dhivehi: އުޒްބެކި (uzbeki) — language
  • Dutch: Oezbeeks — language
  • Faroese: usbekskt — language
  • Finnish: uzbekki — language
  • Finnish: uzbekin kieli — language
  • French: ouzbek — language
  • French: turk-oriental — language
  • Galician: uzbeko — language
  • German: Usbekisch — language
  • Hebrew: אוּזְבֶּקִית (uzbekit) — language
  • Hindi: उज़बेक (uzbek) — language
  • Hindi: उज़्बेक (uzbek) — language
  • Hungarian: üzbég — language
  • Icelandic: úsbekíska — language
  • Italian: uzbeko — language
  • Japanese: ウズベク語 (uzubeku-go) — language
  • Korean: 우즈베크어 (ujeubekeueo) — language
  • Kyrgyz: өзбекче (özbekce) — language
  • Latvian: uzbeku — language
  • Latvian: uzbeku valoda — language
  • Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (udzibiyek gisun) — language
  • Navajo: Ózbeʼ bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: usbekisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: usbekisk — language
  • Persian: ازبکی (ozbaki) — language
  • Polish: uzbecki — language
  • Portuguese: uzbeque — language
  • Romanian: uzbecă (undef.) — language
  • Romanian: limba uzbecă — language
  • Russian: узбе́кский (uzbékskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀збечкӣ — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùzbečkī — language
  • Slovak: uzbečtina — language
  • Slovene: uzbeščina — language
  • Spanish: uzbeko — language
  • Swahili: Kizibeki — language
  • Tajik: ӯзбакӣ (üzbaki) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาอุซเบก (paa-sǎa ús-bèek) — language
  • Turkish: Özbekçe — language
  • Turkish: Özbek Türkçesi — language
  • Uzbek: oʻzbekcha — language
  • Uzbek: ўзбекча (oʻzbekcha) — language
  • Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (udzibiyek gisun) — language
  • Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّ (ʔūzbakiyy) — person
  • Arabic: أُوزْبَكِيّة (ʔūzbakiyya) — person
  • Armenian: ուզբեկ (uzbek) — person
  • Asturian: uzbecu — person
  • Asturian: uzbequistanín — person
  • Asturian: uzbeca — person
  • Asturian: uzbequistanina — person
  • Azerbaijani: özbək — person
  • Belarusian: узбе́к (uzbjék) — person
  • Belarusian: узбе́чка (uzbjéčka) — person
  • Bulgarian: узбе́к (uzbék) — person
  • Bulgarian: узбе́чка (uzbéčka) — person
  • Catalan: uzbek — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏茲別克人 /乌兹别克人 (wūzībiékèrén) — person
  • Czech: Uzbek — person
  • Danish: usbeker — person
  • Dutch: Oezbeek — person
  • Dutch: Oezbeekse — person
  • Esperanto: uzbeko — person
  • Esperanto: uzbekino — person
  • Faroese: usbeki — person
  • Finnish: uzbekki — person
  • French: Ouzbek — person
  • French: Ouzbèke — person
  • Galician: uzbeko — person
  • Georgian: უზბეკი (uzbeḳi) — person
  • German: Usbeke — person
  • German: Usbekin — person
  • Gujarati: ઉઝબક (ujhabak) — person
  • Hebrew: אוזבקי (uzbeki) — person
  • Hebrew: אוזבקית (uzbekit) — person
  • Hindi: उज़्बेक (uzbek) — person
  • Hungarian: üzbég — person
  • Italian: uzbeko — person
  • Italian: uzbeka — person
  • Japanese: ウズベク人 (uzubeku-jin) — person
  • Kazakh: өзбек (özbek) — person
  • Kyrgyz: өзбек (özbek) — person
  • Latvian: uzbeks — person
  • Latvian: uzbekiete — person
  • Manchu: ᡠᡯᡳᠪᡳᠶᡝᡴ (udzibiyek) — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: usbeker — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: usbekar — person
  • Pashto: ازبک (ozbák) — person
  • Pashto: اوزبک (ozbák) — person
  • Persian: ازبک — person
  • Dari: اوزبک — person
  • Polish: Uzbek — person
  • Polish: Uzbeczka — person
  • Polish: Uzbekistańczyk — person
  • Polish: Uzbekistanka — person
  • Portuguese: uzbeque — person
  • Romanian: uzbec — person
  • Romanian: uzbecă — person
  • Russian: узбе́к (uzbék) — person
  • Russian: узбе́чка (uzbéčka) — person
  • Sarikoli: ызбаг — person
  • Sarikoli: у̊збаг — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: У̀збек — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Узбекиста́нац — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ùzbek — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Uzbekistánac — person
  • Shughni: узбак (uzbak) — person
  • Shughni: йузбак (yuzbak) — person
  • Shughni: в̌узбак (wuzbak) — person
  • Slovak: Uzbek — person
  • Slovak: Uzbeci — person
  • Spanish: uzbeko — person
  • Swahili: Mzibeki — person
  • Tatar: үзбәк (üzbäk) — person
  • Thai: ชาวอุซเบก (chaao ús-bèek) — person
  • Thai: คนอุซเบก (kon ús-bèek) — person
  • Turkish: Özbek — person
  • Turkish: Özbekistanlı — person
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوزبك (özbek) — person
  • Turkmen: özbek — person
  • Ukrainian: узбе́к (uzbék) — person
  • Ukrainian: узбе́чка (uzbéčka) — person
  • Uyghur: ئۆزبېك (özbëk) — person
  • Uzbek: oʻzbek — person
  • Uzbek: ўзбек (oʻzbek) — person
  • Xibe: ᡠᡯᡞᠪᡞᠶᡝᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (udzibiyek niyalma) — person
  • Yaghnobi: ӯзбак (üzbak) — person
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