oguz

See also: Oğuz

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Etymology

Of Turkic origin, from Turkish Oğuz, from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰍𐰔‎ (oɣuz), perhaps in origin an early plural of 𐰸‎ (q̊¹ /⁠ok⁠/, “arrow”).

Noun

oguz m (plural oguzes)

  1. Oghuz (a member of the western Turkic people)

References
  • Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin, Turkic etymology (Online Etymological Database Project), citing VEWT 511, ЭСТЯ 1, 582-583, Егоров 76
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