Meanings
alternative Uzbekhistan
- A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.
In Uzbekistan, forced sterilizations apparently began in 2004 and became official state policy in 2009.
2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 2342 more examples
Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries.
2007 March 7, Randal C. Archibold, “In Arizona Desert, Indian Trackers vs. Smugglers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022She wore a coat made of old cloth from Uzbekistan called a suzani, which was faded black with embroidered red circles and yellow and white zigzags.
2007 March 18, Winter Miller, “Personal Sound Effects”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 May 2022
Origin
- Classical Persianـِستان“place of”
- Sogdian[Term?]“master”
- Classical Persianاُزْبَکِسْتَان
- RussianУзбекистан
- EnglishUzbekistan
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.
More words from Russian, Classical Persian, Sogdian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Oesbekistan
- OesbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Arabic أُوزْبَكِسْتَان, أُزْبَكِسْتَان
- أُوزْبَكِسْتَان (ʔūzbakistān)Republic of Uzbekistan
- أُزْبَكِسْتَان (ʔuzbakistān)Republic of Uzbekistan
Basque Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Bengali উজবেকিস্তান, উজ়বেকিস্তান
- উজবেকিস্তান (ujbekistan)Republic of Uzbekistan
- উজ়বেকিস্তানRepublic of Uzbekistan
Bulgarian Узбекиста́н
- Узбекиста́н (Uzbekistán)Republic of Uzbekistan
Catalan Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Chinese Mandarin 烏茲別克斯坦 /乌兹别克斯坦, 烏茲別克 /乌兹别克
- 烏茲別克斯坦 /乌兹别克斯坦 (Wūzībiékèsītǎn)Republic of Uzbekistan
- 烏茲別克 /乌兹别克 (Wūzībiékè)Republic of Uzbekistan
Czech Uzbekistán
- UzbekistánRepublic of Uzbekistan
Danish Usbekistan
- UsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Dutch Oezbekistan
- OezbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Esperanto Uzbekio, Uzbekistano
- UzbekioRepublic of Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanoRepublic of Uzbekistan
Estonian Usbekistan
- UsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Finnish Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
French Ouzbékistan
- OuzbékistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
German Usbekistan
- UsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Greek Ουζμπεκιστάν
- Ουζμπεκιστάν (Ouzmpekistán)Republic of Uzbekistan
Hebrew אוּזְבֶּקִיסְטָן
- אוּזְבֶּקִיסְטָן (uzbekistan)Republic of Uzbekistan
Hindi उज़्बेकिस्तान
- उज़्बेकिस्तान (uzbekistān)Republic of Uzbekistan
Hungarian Üzbegisztán
- ÜzbegisztánRepublic of Uzbekistan
Icelandic Úsbekistan
- ÚsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Indonesian Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Irish An Úisbéiceastáin
- An ÚisbéiceastáinRepublic of Uzbekistan
Italian Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Japanese ウズベキスタン
- ウズベキスタン (Uzubekisutan)Republic of Uzbekistan
Korean 우즈베키스탄, 우즈베끼스딴
- 우즈베키스탄 (Ujeubekiseutan)Republic of Uzbekistan
- 우즈베끼스딴 (Ujeubekkiseuttan)Republic of Uzbekistan
Latin Usbecia
- UsbeciaRepublic of Uzbekistan
Latvian Uzbekistāna
- UzbekistānaRepublic of Uzbekistan
Lithuanian Uzbekija
- UzbekijaRepublic of Uzbekistan
Māori Uhipeketāne
- UhipeketāneRepublic of Uzbekistan
Norwegian Usbekistan
- UsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Persian ازبکستان, اوزبکستان
- ازبکستان (ozbakestân)Republic of Uzbekistan
- اوزبکستان (uzbakestân)Republic of Uzbekistan
Polish Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Portuguese Usbequistão
- UsbequistãoRepublic of Uzbekistan
Romanian Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Russian Узбекиста́н
- Узбекиста́н (Uzbekistán)Republic of Uzbekistan
Scottish Gaelic Usbagastàn
- UsbagastànRepublic of Uzbekistan
Slovak Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Spanish Uzbekistán
- UzbekistánRepublic of Uzbekistan
Swahili Uzibekistani, Uzibeki
- UzibekistaniRepublic of Uzbekistan
- UzibekiRepublic of Uzbekistan
Swedish Uzbekistan
- UzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Tagalog Usbekistan
- UsbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Tamil உஸ்பெகிஸ்தான்
- உஸ்பெகிஸ்தான் (uspekistāṉ)Republic of Uzbekistan
Thai อุซเบกิสถาน
- อุซเบกิสถาน (ús-bee-gís-tǎan)Republic of Uzbekistan
Turkish Özbekistan
- ÖzbekistanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Ukrainian Узбекиста́н
- Узбекиста́н (Uzbekystán)Republic of Uzbekistan
Urdu اُزْبَکِسْتان
- اُزْبَکِسْتان (uzbakistān)Republic of Uzbekistan
Vietnamese U-dơ-bê-ki-xtan
- U-dơ-bê-ki-xtanRepublic of Uzbekistan
Yiddish אוזבעקיסטאַן
- אוזבעקיסטאַן (uzbekistan)Republic of Uzbekistan
Cite this entry
Uzbekistan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzbekistan
“Uzbekistan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzbekistan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uzbekistan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uzbekistan.
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