LingoflyBuildings and premises in Uzbek
26 words in Uzbek on the topic “buildings and premises”: Oʻzbekiston — Uzbekistan, Toshkent — Tashkent, oshxona — canteen, maydon — square.
26 words on the topic
- OʻzbekistonUzbekistanthe first vowel is a rounded oʻ
- ToshkentTashkentThe capital: the metro, new blocks and the old town by Chorsu side by side. The spoken standard this course follows comes from here.
- oshxonacanteenLiterally "house of food": an oshxona is a canteen and an inexpensive eatery. A dearer place is called restoran.
- maydonsquareSquare and field at once: one word. The Registon in Samarkand is the country's most famous maydon.
- doʻkonshopa rounded oʻ inside
- bozorbazaarThe very bazaar: Chorsu in Tashkent is a city within the city — domes, rows, bowls of tea.
- dorixonapharmacyLiterally "house of medicines": dori — medicine. A pharmacy here is also the neighborhood's reference desk.
- bankbankAn international word, spelled the same. Money exchange is the bazaar's neighboring row.
- vokzalstationThe center of every journey: trains, long-distance taxis, tea.
- belanchukcounterThe word came from everyday trade and settled for good: it names both a bazaar stall counter and a shop display.
- oziq-ovqat doʻkonigrocery storeLiterally "shop of food": "oziq-ovqat" — groceries, foodstuffs. Signs come shorter too — "mahalla doʻkoni", the shop by the house.
- kasalxonahospitalLiterally "house of illness", from "kasal" — sick. A dearer clinic is "klinika", but plainly everything is "kasalxona".
- ofisofficeA government office is "idora", but about hired work people say "ofis".
- universitetuniversityAn international word, sounding almost the same. The oldest one is in Tashkent, and studying there is a family's pride.
- maktabschoolAn Arabic word, everyday: "maktabga boramoq" — to go to school. Children start school at seven here, as in many places.
- pochtapost officeE-mail is "elektron pochta", but more often people simply say "email".
- avtovokzalbus stationThe same word: from there the intercity buses leave. An ordinary stop — "bekat"; the bus station — a whole terminal.
- ayirboshlash joyiexchange office"Ayirboshlash" — exchange: currency exchange you know as "valyuta almashtirish"; the place of exchange itself — "ayirboshlash joyi".
- hayvonot bogʻizooh as a light breath
- yongʻin boʻlimifire stationa rasped gʻ in yongʻin
- avtoyuvish joyicar washy as in yes
- sayohat agentligitravel agency"Sayohat" — a trip — you know; the agency that sells trips — "sayohat agentligi". "Sayyoh" — a tourist — goes there for a ticket.
- asosiy koʻchamain streeta rounded oʻ with the split mark in the middle
- chipta kassasiticket office"Kassa" — a till — you know; whose till — the owner-word: "chipta kassasi" — the till of tickets. The shop's till is simply "kassa".
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
Oʻzbekiston — Uzbekistan. The country of the course: "land of the Uzbeks". Samarkand and Bukhara are old Silk Road cities; Tashkent is the capital.
Toshkent — Tashkent. The capital: the metro, new blocks and the old town by Chorsu side by side. The spoken standard this course follows comes from here.
oshxona — canteen. Literally "house of food": an oshxona is a canteen and an inexpensive eatery. A dearer place is called restoran.
maydon — square. Square and field at once: one word. The Registon in Samarkand is the country's most famous maydon.
Test yourself
Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than recognizing a familiar word — and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “Uzbekistan” in Uzbek?
The country of the course: "land of the Uzbeks". Samarkand and Bukhara are old Silk Road cities; Tashkent is the capital.
- How do you say “bank” in Uzbek?
An international word, spelled the same. Money exchange is the bazaar's neighboring row.
- How do you say “school” in Uzbek?
An Arabic word, everyday: "maktabga boramoq" — to go to school. Children start school at seven here, as in many places.
- How do you say “fire station” in Uzbek?
Literally "the department of fire": "yongʻin" — fire — you know. The police station is "politsiya boʻlimi"; for fire the same scheme.
- How do you say “canteen” in Uzbek?
Literally "house of food": an oshxona is a canteen and an inexpensive eatery. A dearer place is called restoran.
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “Uzbekistan” in Uzbek?
«Oʻzbekiston». The first vowel is a rounded oʻ. It is one of 26 words in the set “buildings and premises” — the rest are in the table above.
How many words for buildings and places do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 26 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.