# Uzbek

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʊzbɛk/ · frequency rank #35,144

## Definitions
1. A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.

## Etymology
From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.

## Common misspellings (7)
`ubzek`, `uzbbek`, `uzbekk`, `uzbke`, `uzebk`, `uzzbek`, `zubek`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/uzbek