variants or less commonly Uzbeg
1
: a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and adjacent regions of central Asia
2
: the Turkic language of the Uzbek people
Uzbek adjective
or less commonly Uzbeg

Examples of Uzbek in a Sentence

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Ani is Uzbek American, and though her Russian is serviceable at best, her body language is more than fluent enough for them both. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Mustafa, a licensed architect, grew up in New York, immersed in his family’s Uzbek and Afghan heritage, before heading to California, where his path led him to the AD100 firm The Archers. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2024 But there will also be heaping of Uzbek artists, including Aziza Azim, Behzod Boltaev, Gulnoza Irgasheva, Oyjon Khayrullaeva, and Hassan Kurbanbaev. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024 Listen to this article A new restaurant offering Turkish and Uzbek cuisine in downtown Hartford opened this month with traditional kebabs, wraps, pitas, drinks and desserts. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2024 There had been, for example, removal flights of Uzbek nationals back to Uzbekistan. CBS News, 16 June 2024 For Rakhimov — a Manchester Community College graduate who speaks five languages including Farsi, Uzbek, Russian, Turkish, and English — Tuesday’s ribbon cutting was the realization of years of hard work and determination. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2024 Her upbringing with an Uzbek grandmother who spoke no English has given her cultural familiarity and rudimentary communication skills that come in handy with Russian customers, which is the case when Ivan Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn), hits the club ready to party. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024 The classic beet borscht and a traditional Uzbek rice dish called plov are also must-tries. Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Uzbek was in 1616

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“Uzbek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uzbek. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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