Uzbek
/ˈʊz.bɛk/noun
A member of the Uzbek people or anything relating to Uzbekistan and its culture.
Did you know?A major historical source of the name was Öz Beg Khan, the 14th-century ruler of the Golden Horde, whose reign helped make “Uzbek” a broader political and ethnic label.
Etymological Timeline
Old Turkic
Old Turkic
öz
“Self, one’s own; a reflexive word found across Turkic languages.”
Old Turkic
Old Turkic
beg
“A lord, chief, or nobleman; a title of authority.”
14th Century
Turkic
Öz Beg
“The personal name of Öz Beg Khan, ruler of the Golden Horde from 1313 to 1341.”
15th–16th Centuries
Chagatai/Persian
Uzbek
“A designation increasingly used for peoples and political groups associated with the Uzbek ulus and post-Golden-Horde steppe.”
17th Century onward
European languages
Uzbek
“An established ethnonym in European writing for the Uzbek people.”
Modern English
English
Uzbek
“Relating to the Uzbek people, Uzbekistan, or the Uzbek language.”