# uz
## Translingual
### Etymology

Abbreviation of English Uzbek

### Symbol

uz
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Uzbek.

## English
### Pronoun

uz
* (Geordie) Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

### Anagrams

* Zu

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوز (uz, “skilled; master”), from Proto-Common Turkic *ūz, from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *ū-. Compare obsolete Turkish uz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /us/

### Adjective

uz (comparative taa uz, superlative en uz)
* flat, smooth
    Synonyms: dooru, düz
* correct, right
    aaz olsun ama uz olsunlet it be few but correct
* honest, truthful
    uz adam ― honest man

#### Derived terms

* uzlaşmaa
* uzman

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 277
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “uz”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 99
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “uz”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 83
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “уз”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 484
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “uz”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 283

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* uce, urce

### Etymology

From Latin ulex, itself from a local substrate language. Compare Portuguese urze, Spanish urce.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuθ/, (western) /ˈus/

### Noun

uz f (plural uces)
* (botany) heather (especially any of several shrub species in the genus Erica)
** 1458, José-Luis Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 413:et abedes de leuantar enno dicto lugar huna casa enno dicto lugar, de pedra, cuberta de huzes et de culmoYou should build there a house at that place, made of stone, covered with heather and thatch
** 1986, Constantino García, Grilos e ralos, rans albariñas in Actas do Congresso internacional de estudos sobre Rosalia de Castro e o seu tempo, volume 3, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 78:
    Dado que existe toxo albar e que albar e mesmo albariña significa nalgunhas zonas de Galicia uz, carpaza, breixo, penso que cabería tamén a posibilidade de interpreta-las rans albariñas como rans dos breixos.Considering that there is toxo albar and that albar and even albariña mean, in some regions of Galicia, heather, rockrose, heaths, I think we could also interpret rans albariñas as rockrose frogs.
    Synonyms: breixo, queiroa, torgo
** Spanish heath (Erica australis)
    Synonym: uz moura
** tree heath (Erica arborea)
    Synonym: uz branca
** Erica scoparia
** heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    Synonym: queiroa

#### Derived terms

* Ucedo
* uceira
* Uces
* uzal
* Uzás

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “huzes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “uzal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “uz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “uz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “uz”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *uź.

### Preposition

uz (with accusative or genitive)
* on, onto (with genitive)
* to (with accusative)

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūt, whence also Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old Dutch, Old English ūt, Old Norse út, Gothic 𐌿𐍄 (ūt).

### Adverb

ūz
* out

### Preposition

ūz
* out of

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: ūz
** Alemannic German: us
** Cimbrian: aus, auz (Luserna)
** German: aus
** Luxembourgish: aus
** Yiddish: אויס (oys)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin usus.

### Noun

uz n (plural uzuri)
* use

#### Related terms

* uza

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* uza

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъz (Russian воз- (voz-), Polish wz-). Cognate with Lithuanian už.

### Pronunciation

* (unaccented) IPA: /uz/

### Preposition

uz (Cyrillic spelling уз) (+ accusative case)
* up, upward
    ići uz stepenice ― to go upstairs
    uz brdo ― uphill
    uz r(ij)eku ― upriver
    peti/penjati se uz konopac ― to climb a rope
* next to, beside, alongside, by
    uz cestu ― next to the road
    uza samu granicu ― on the very border
* with, while, along with (circumstances or conditions accompanying the action)
    uz sm(ij)eh/plač ― with laughter/crying
    uz p(j)esmu ― while singing
    uz piće ― with a drink; while having a drink
    p(j)evati uz klavir ― to sing while the piano is playing
* in spite of, despite (= pȍred)
    uza sve to ― despite all that

#### Usage notes

The variant form uza is used before enclitics and consonants that would make it difficult to pronounce.

#### Related terms

* uz-

### References

* “uz”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uz/, [uz̪]
* Rhymes: -uz

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Common Turkic *ūz, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”), akin to oğan.

#### Adjective

uz
* (obsolete) good, nice
* (obsolete) able, skilled
    Synonyms: uzman, becerikli

##### Derived terms

* uzlaşma
* uzlaşmak
* uzman

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوز, from Proto-Turkic *uŕa-. Akin to uzak.

#### Adverb

uz
* far, distant
    Synonyms: uzak, ırak

##### Usage notes

* Only found in the fossilized idiom az gitmek, uz gitmek. Revitalized as a preffix during the Language Reform.
** ‎uz- + ‎görü (“sight”) → ‎uzgörü (“foresight”)

### References

* “uz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “uz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Yola
### Pronoun

uz
* Alternative form of ouse
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 10:Thaar's no own aal to taak uz thaar.There's no one at all to take us there,

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131