Uzbek

Uz·bek  (zbk, z-)

n. pl. Uzbeks or Uz·bek

1. A member of a Turkic people inhabiting Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.

2. The Turkic language of the Uzbeks.

---

[Russian, from Uzbek zbek.]

---

Uzbek [ˈʊzbɛk ˈʌz-]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -beks, -bek a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Uzbek - a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbak, Uzbeg Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Uzbek - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan IMU, Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, Islamic Party of Turkestan - a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 capital of Uzbek, Tashkent, Taskent - the capital of Uzbekistan Samarcand, Samarkand - city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century Kizil Kum, Kyzyl Kum, Qizil Qum - a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
	3.	Uzbek - the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbak, Uzbeg Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages

Translations

Uzbek [ˈʊzbek]

A. ADJ → uzbeko

B. N

1. (= person) → uzbeko/a m/f

2. (Ling) → uzbeko

Uzbek

adj → usbekisch; he is Uzbek → er ist Usbeke

n

→ Usbeke m, → Usbekin f

(Ling) → Usbekisch nt