Oghuz

//oʊˈɡuːz// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A subbranch of the Turkic language family. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen.

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"Oghuz languages are part of the Turkic language family."

Etymology

From Turkish Oğuz, from 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).

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