# اوز
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

اوز
* Alternative spelling of اۆز

## Karakhanid
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ǖz (“oil”).

### Noun

اوُزْ or اُزْ (ǖz or üz)
* fat, oil
    اوُزْلُكُ اَشْ ― Ǖzlüg āš. ― Oily food.

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ü:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278

### Further reading

* al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 36 & 45

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”) a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-.

#### Adjective

اوز (uz)
* skilled, master, experienced
* suitable, appropriate, appropriate, correct
    Synonym: طوغری (doġrı)
* clever, precise, careful, accurate

#### Adverb

اوز (uz)
* skillfully, precisely, accurately
** 14th Century, anonymous author, Bursa Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i Oġuzān:اوزنكويه قالقب قتي چكدي،اوز آتدي، اوغلني ايكي طالوسنك آراسنده اورب چقدي يقديüzängüyä qalqub qatı çäkdi, uz atdı, oġlını iki talusınuŋ arasında urub çaqdı, yıqdıhe got up to the stirrup and pulled it hard, then precisely fired, and shot his son between his two scapulas and made him collapse

##### Descendants

* Gagauz: uz
* Ottoman Turkish: اوز (uz)
** Turkish: (obsolete) uz

#### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* “uz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ

#### Noun

اوز (öz)
* self, essence, identity
    Synonym: كندو (gändü)
* essence
* essence, abstract

#### Pronoun

اوز (öz)
* (reflexive, with possessive markers) self
    Synonym: كندو (gändü)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: öz
* Gagauz: öz
* Ottoman Turkish: اوز (öz)
** Turkish: öz

#### Further reading

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “öz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* “öz”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 277
* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 278

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (uz), from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”), a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-.

#### Adjective

اوز • (uz)
* good
* able, skillful

##### Descendants

* Turkish: uz

### Etymology 2

Related to اوزاق (uzak).

#### Adjective

اوز • (uz)
* far, distant
    Synonyms: اوزاق (uzak), ایراق (ırak)

##### Derived terms

* از کتمك، اوز کتمك (az gitmek, uz gitmek)

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (öz), from Proto-Turkic *ȫŕ.

#### Noun

اوز • (öz)
* self
    Synonym: كندو (kendü)
* gist, kernel
* marrow; cream; the best part of something

##### Descendants

* Turkish: öz

### Etymology 4

From Greek [script needed] (úves), a plural form borrowed as singular, from Ancient Greek ὄᾱ (óā) or ὄον (óon).

#### Noun

اوز • (üvez)
* sorb (fruit of service tree, Sorbus spp.)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: üvez

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 185
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “üvez2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 249

## Pashto
### Noun

اوز • (uz) m
* goat