Uzbek

[ oo z-bek, uhz-, oo z-bek ]

/ ˈʊz bɛk, ˈʌz-, ʊzˈbɛk /

a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

the Turkic language of the Uzbeks.

Also Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbeg.

Example sentences from the Web for uzbek

On the southern, Uzbek side, however, the sea dried up that much faster.

The Aral Sea's Disappearing Act |Anna Nemtsova |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Dostum famously led Uzbek cavalry charges supported by U.S. B-52 bombers to defeat the Taliban.

The Warlord Who Defines Afghanistan: An Excerpt From Bruce Riedel’s ’What We Won’ |Bruce Riedel |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A spokesman for the Uzbek embassy in Washington did not return a call Wednesday seeking comment of the human-rights report.

Obama Embraces Uzbekistan Despite Reports of Human-Rights Abuses |Aram Roston |December 16, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
This means disrupting the process in Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazari Shia towns and villages, not just in the Pashtun south and east.

Obama's Afghan Test |Bruce Riedel |August 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

About eight miles beyond Jirghan the Uzbek population ceases.

The Gates of India |Thomas Holdich
In his eyes merit was merit, whether evinced by a Hindu prince or by an Uzbek Musalmn.

Rulers of India: Akbar |George Bruce Malleson
Klaproth, however, has shown that they belong to the former division, though subject to the Uzbek Turks.

Man and His Migrations |R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Extract from Burnes's description of the Uzbek chief of Kunduz.

The Natural History of the Varieties of Man |Robert Gordon Latham
In one respect he says that the habits of Uzbek children are superior to those of young Britons.

The Gates of India |Thomas Holdich

Uzbek

/ (ˈʊzbɛk, ˈʌz-) /

plural -beks or -bek a member of a Mongoloid people of Uzbekistan

the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family