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Where does “Uzbekistan” come from?

Uzbekistan derives from Turkish Özbek, referring to a Turkic people, combined with the Persian suffix -stan meaning land or country.

Ancestry of “Uzbekistan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianУзбекиста́н—
2UzbekOʻzbekiston—
3Persianازبکستان—
4Persianـستان-istan, -estan, -stan
5Middle Persian-stʾn'makes nouns of places; of indeterminate function
6Proto-Indo-IranianstáHnamthe act of standing; position, location, place
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂-no-m—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “Uzbekistan”

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