Usbek
- noun
- Archaic
- I am learning Usbek to communicate with my friends in Uzbekistan.
Examples
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She has been studying Usbek to better communicate with her colleagues in Tashkent.
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The radio broadcast is available in English, Russian, and Usbek.
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Several classic Central Asian poems were originally written in Usbek.
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Is Usbek difficult to learn for English speakers?
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She has been studying Usbek to better communicate with her colleagues in Tashkent.
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Several classic Central Asian poems were originally written in Usbek.
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The radio broadcast is available in English, Russian, and Usbek.
Synonyms
A language spoken by the Uzbek people of Central Asia, mainly in Uzbekistan
A Turkic language that people in Uzbekistan speak
A language spoken by the Uzbek people mainly in Uzbekistan and nearby countries
A Turkic language spoken by Uzbek people in Uzbekistan and nearby countries
A Turkic language spoken mainly in Uzbekistan and nearby regions
An older name for the language spoken mainly in Uzbekistan
Compounds
- Archaic
A language spoken by the Uzbek people of Central Asia, mainly in Uzbekistan
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Usbek comes from an old Turkic name made of öz 'self' or 'own' and bek 'chief' or 'lord', and today the same group is usually called Uzbek. So Usbek the language is simply the speech of the Uzbek people.