Oghuz

English

Etymology

From Turkish Oğuz, from an Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰕‎ (uǧz), a term for a tribal military division, perhaps in origin an early plural of 𐰸‎ (ok, “kin”) (arrows in early Turkic culture were used as symbolizing such tribes or divisions in ceremonial or ritual contexts).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oʊˈɡuːz/

Noun

Oghuz pl (plural only)

A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens

Translations

Oghuz people

Arabic: غُزّ‎ (ḡuzz), أُغُزّ‎ (ʾuḡuzz), أُوغُوز‎ (ʾūḡūz), أُغُوز‎ (ʾuḡūz)
Aragonese: oguzes
Armenian: օղուզ (ōłuz)
Azerbaijani: Oğuz Türkləri
Bashkir: Уғыҙ (Uğıð), Уғыҙҙар pl (Uğıððar)
Bulgarian: огу́зи m pl (ogúzi)
Catalan: oghuz
Chinese:
Mandarin: 烏古斯人／乌古斯人 (Wūgǔsī rén)
Dutch: Oguzen
Finnish: eteläturkkilaiset kansat pl
French: Oghouzes (fr) pl
German: Oghusen pl
Hebrew: אוע'וז‎
Hungarian: úzok pl
Indonesian: Oghuz, Oguz
Japanese: オグズ (Oguzu)
Kazakh: оғыз (oğyz)
Norwegian: oghuz-tyrkere
Ottoman Turkish: اغوز‎ (Oğuz)
Persian: اغوز‎ (Oğuz)
Polish: oguzowie
Portuguese: oguz m or f
Russian: огу́зы (ru) m pl (ogúzy)
Serbo-Croatian: Ouzi Turci
Swedish: oghuzer pl
Turkish: Oğuz (tr), Oğuzlar (tr) pl, Oğuz Türkleri pl
Ukrainian: огу́зи m pl (ohúzy), гу́зи m pl (húzy)
Uyghur: ئوغۇز‎ (oghuz), ئوغۇزلار‎ pl (oghuzlar)
Uzbek: Oʻgʻuzlar

Proper noun

Oghuz

A subbranch of the Turkic language family. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen.

Derived terms

Proto-Oghuz

Anagrams

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