# Uzbekistan
## English
### Etymology

From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is known to be from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan
* A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent.
** 2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 234:In Uzbekistan, forced sterilizations apparently began in 2004 and became official state policy in 2009.

#### Alternative forms

* Uzbekhistan

#### Derived terms

* Uzbekistan Time
* Uzbekistani

#### Related terms

* Uzbek
* Uzbek SSR

#### Translations
### See also

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Countries of the world

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [uz.bə.kisˈtan]
* IPA: (Valencia) [uz.be.kisˈtan]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan m
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Related terms

* uzbek

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuzbekistɑn/, [ˈuzbe̞ˌk̟is̠tɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -istɑn
* Hyphenation: Uz‧be‧kis‧tan

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Uzbekistan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Uzbekistanini
accusative
nom.
Uzbekistanini
gen.
Uzbekistanini
genitive
Uzbekistanini
partitive
Uzbekistaniani
inessive
Uzbekistanissani
elative
Uzbekistanistani
illative
Uzbekistaniini
adessive
Uzbekistanillani
ablative
Uzbekistaniltani
allative
Uzbekistanilleni
essive
Uzbekistaninani
translative
Uzbekistanikseni
abessive
Uzbekistanittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Uzbekistanisi
accusative
nom.
Uzbekistanisi
gen.
Uzbekistanisi
genitive
Uzbekistanisi
partitive
Uzbekistaniasi
inessive
Uzbekistanissasi
elative
Uzbekistanistasi
illative
Uzbekistaniisi
adessive
Uzbekistanillasi
ablative
Uzbekistaniltasi
allative
Uzbekistanillesi
essive
Uzbekistaninasi
translative
Uzbekistaniksesi
abessive
Uzbekistanittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Uzbekistanimme
accusative
nom.
Uzbekistanimme
gen.
Uzbekistanimme
genitive
Uzbekistanimme
partitive
Uzbekistaniamme
inessive
Uzbekistanissamme
elative
Uzbekistanistamme
illative
Uzbekistaniimme
adessive
Uzbekistanillamme
ablative
Uzbekistaniltamme
allative
Uzbekistanillemme
essive
Uzbekistaninamme
translative
Uzbekistaniksemme
abessive
Uzbekistanittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Uzbekistaninne
accusative
nom.
Uzbekistaninne
gen.
Uzbekistaninne
genitive
Uzbekistaninne
partitive
Uzbekistanianne
inessive
Uzbekistanissanne
elative
Uzbekistanistanne
illative
Uzbekistaniinne
adessive
Uzbekistanillanne
ablative
Uzbekistaniltanne
allative
Uzbekistanillenne
essive
Uzbekistaninanne
translative
Uzbekistaniksenne
abessive
Uzbekistanittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Uzbekistaninsa
accusative
nom.
Uzbekistaninsa
gen.
Uzbekistaninsa
genitive
Uzbekistaninsa
partitive
Uzbekistaniaan Uzbekistaniansa
inessive
Uzbekistanissaan Uzbekistanissansa
elative
Uzbekistanistaan Uzbekistanistansa
illative
Uzbekistaniinsa
adessive
Uzbekistanillaan Uzbekistanillansa
ablative
Uzbekistaniltaan Uzbekistaniltansa
allative
Uzbekistanilleen Uzbekistanillensa
essive
Uzbekistaninaan Uzbekistaninansa
translative
Uzbekistanikseen Uzbekistaniksensa
abessive
Uzbekistanittaan Uzbekistanittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* uzbekistanilainen
* uzbekistaninpikkujerbo

#### Related terms

* uzbekki

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈzbɛ.ki.stan/, (traditional) /u.zbe.kiˈstan/
* Rhymes: -ɛkistan, (traditional) -an

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan m
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Derived terms

* uzbeco

### References

* ↑ Uzbekistan in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uz.bɛˈkis.tan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -istan
* Syllabification: Uz‧be‧kis‧tan

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan m
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Derived terms

* uzbecki
* Uzbeczka
* Uzbejka
* Uzbek

### Further reading

* Uzbekistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uzbekǐstaːn/

### Proper noun

Uzbekìstān m (Cyrillic spelling Узбекѝста̄н)
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuzbɛkistan/

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan m inan (genitive singular Uzbekistanu, declension pattern of dub)
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Uzbek m, Uzbečka f
* uzbecký (adj)
* uzbecky (adverb)
* uzbečtina

### Further reading

* “Uzbekistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Uzbekistan n (genitive Uzbekistans)
* Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia)

#### Related terms

* uzbek
* uzbekisk
* uzbekiska
* uzbekistanier
* uzbekistansk
* uzbekistanska

### Further reading

* Uzbekistan in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH