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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Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested three Uzbek nationals in connection with the murder of an Israeli Moldovan rabbi who was found dead in the Gulf state. Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024 Police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, officials from the United Arab Emirates said on Monday according to reports in the Israeli media. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 The Uzbek Consulate in Dubai did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the arrests. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced the arrests of three Uzbek nationals in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, an attack that raised alarm over the safety of the small Jewish community in the country. Ismaeel Naar, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 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

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 5 Dec. 2024.

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