Etymology

Uzbekistan

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Today it means: A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent. Full definition →

Russian Узбекистан ← Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان ← Sogdian [Term?]
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromـِستان“place of”
  2. Sogdian · derived from[Term?]“master”
  3. Classical Persian · derived fromاُزْبَکِسْتَان
  4. Russian · borrowed fromУзбекистан
  5. English todayUzbekistan

From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan.

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