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Shopping and money in Uzbek

90 words in Uzbek on the topic “shopping and money”: qancha? — how many?, soʻm — soʻm (currency), Qancha turadi? — how much does it cost?, doʻkon — shop.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

90 words on the topic

  • qancha?
    how many?
    the q is made deep in the throat
  • soʻm
    soʻm (currency)
    a rounded oʻ inside
  • Qancha turadi?
    how much does it cost?
    the q is made deep in the throat
  • doʻkon
    shop
    a rounded oʻ inside
  • bozor
    bazaar
    The very bazaar: Chorsu in Tashkent is a city within the city — domes, rows, bowls of tea.
  • belanchuk
    counter
    The word came from everyday trade and settled for good: it names both a bazaar stall counter and a shop display.
  • sotuvchi
    seller
    From "sotmoq" — to sell: literally "the selling one". A trader at the bazaar is also called savdogar, but at the counter you hear sotuvchi.
  • xaridor
    customer
    the h is a light breath, like a soft kh
  • tarozi
    scales
    An old word: the scales in a bazaar row are often mechanical, with pans, and the vendor weighs before the customer's eyes.
  • kilogramm
    kilogram
    At the bazaar people say it shorter — "kilo": "ikki kilo olma". The number goes before the word, and -lar after numbers is not used.
  • taza
    fresh
    Freshness of food: "taza non" — fresh flatbread, "taza meva" — fresh fruit. About new things one says "yangi".
  • pishgan
    ripe
    From "pishmoq" — to ripen and to boil at once: the same word for a ripe apricot and boiled rice. A melon is asked to be chosen "pishqoq" — riper.
  • narx
    price
    the kh at the end
  • chegirma
    discount
    From "chegirmoq" — to reduce. Shop windows write chegirma, while at the bazaar the same reduction is made by hand in the haggle.
  • Qancha boʻldi?
    how much do I owe?
    Literally "how much has it become?": the total is asked in the past tense. At the bazaar the same question sounds "narxi qancha?".
  • bu qimmat
    this is expensive
    The first move of the haggle. Softer is "juda qimmat" with an apologetic tone: the vendor will understand and name the real price.
  • Arzonroq boʻladimi?
    can it be cheaper?
    Literally "will it be cheaper?": -roq is the comparative, -mi the question at the end of the word. The haggle here is calm, without pressure.
  • Men olaman.
    I'll take it
    From "olmoq" — to take, to buy: one verb for both deals. "Oling" — "take it": this is how the vendor offers the goods.
  • kerak emas
    I don't need it
    "kerak" — needed, "emas" — is-not: the negation stands as a separate word, not inside. The full polite refusal: "Kerak emas, rahmat".
  • oziq-ovqat doʻkoni
    grocery store
    Literally "shop of food": "oziq-ovqat" — groceries, foodstuffs. Signs come shorter too — "mahalla doʻkoni", the shop by the house.
  • savat
    basket
    Both the wicker basket of the bazaar and the shop basket — one word. The trolley is "aravacha", from "arava" — a cart.
  • navbat
    line
    A queue and "one's turn" at once: "navbat sizning" — "now it is your turn". Elders are let through first — the custom is alive.
  • kassa
    cash desk
    The cash desk, at big shops one and by the exit — as everywhere.
  • paket
    bag (plastic)
    A bag is not always taken here: people willingly carry their own.
  • ochiq
    open
    Both "open" and "opened": "doʻkon ochiq". The sign on the door will be exactly this word — or "yopiq" if closed.
  • yopiq
    closed
    The partner of ochiq, from "yopmoq" — to close. Shops close for lunch unnoticed: "yopiq" on the door, and nobody inside.
  • tanlamoq
    to choose
    Present: tanlayman, tanlaysan, tanlaydi. The vendor is patient: choosing fruit by hand is custom, not cheek.
  • oʻlcham
    size
    oʻ with the ʻ at the start, no q here
  • kafolat
    warranty
    A warranty on a thing: the term within which it will be fixed free. The warranty slip is "kafolat varagʻi"; "varaq" — a sheet.
  • tovarni qaytarish
    return of goods
    "Tovar" — goods; a return is possible in term and with a receipt. "Qaytarmoq" — to return — you know from the debt.
  • reklama
    ad
    Colloquial and slightly annoying: "spet reklama" sounds like "ads again". The business word is reklama xizmati — the advertising service.
  • reklama roligi
    ad clip
    rolik — a clip, a word from everyday use; the link -gi ties it to advertising. On television the clip is short — 30 sekund.
  • brend
    brand
    In speech one also says belgis — a trademark: "qaysi belgili?" — of what make?
  • logotip
    logo
    In speech it is cut to logo and declined as a native: "yangi logoga qarang". Do not confuse with the sign in general — belgi: a logo is belgining bitta turi.
  • sotuv
    sale
    From sotmoq — to sell: "katta sotuv" on a shop window — a big sale. The discount is chegirma, and it is written beside the price.
  • foydali taklif
    a good offer
    taklif — an offer: both a business one and a friend's over the table. foydali — advantageous, from foyda — benefit: literally "a useful offer".
  • narxlarni taqqoslamoq
    to compare prices
    taqqoslamoq — to compare; the two q in the middle are not accidental: the sound is double. Prices take -ni: narxlarni — "the prices".
  • pachka
    pack
    A pack of tea, a pack of salt: in the shop they ask exactly so — bir pachka choy.
  • shisha
    glass
    Glass: windows, tumblers, tableware — all shisha. Glassware is taken carefully: ehtiyot boʻling — be careful.
  • metal
    metal
    Metal in general: an international word. Iron separately is temir — and the gates of any old city are made of it.
  • plastmassa
    plastic
    Plastic is a light and cheap material: plastmassa idish — plastic tableware. At the bazaar everything that does not break is of it.
  • qogʻoz
    paper
    a rasped gʻ and a deep throat q
  • mustahkam
    sturdy
    A word from Arabic: strong, sturdy and reliable at once. Mustahkam uy — a fortress-house — so old masonry is praised.
  • sifatli
    high quality
    From sifat — quality: high quality means "with quality". A seller says sifatli when he wants to sell dearer — check it yourself.
  • savdo markazi
    mall
    Literally "the center of trade": savdo — trade. The big ones have a food court and a pilaf house, just in case.
  • vitrina
    shop window
    The window display: vitrinadagi sumka — the bag in the window — the one studied from afar.
  • kassir
    cashier
    The cashier and the till are a pair. A card is paid almost everywhere here, cash — at the bazaar.
  • xarid
    purchase
    x as a breathy h in "hat"
  • chegirma kartasi
    bonus card
    Chegirma — a discount: a bonus card here is "the card of discounts". At the till it is asked first: chegirma kartangiz bormi?
  • qadoq qogʻozi
    gift wrap
    a deep throat q and a rasped gʻ
  • aravacha
    shopping cart
    The diminutive of arava — a cart: a shopping cart is "a little cart". The big purchase rides through the shop exactly in an aravacha.
  • almashtirmoq
    to exchange goods
    From alma- — to change: to exchange is "to make other". Boshqa rangga almashtirmoq — to exchange for another color — and it works in any shop.
  • qaytarmoq
    to return goods
    two deep throat q
  • nuqsonli
    defective
    the deep throat q at the start
  • oʻlcham toʻgʻri kelmadi
    the size did not fit
    a rounded oʻ in oʻlcham
  • chekni saqlamoq
    to keep the receipt
    the deep throat q at the end
  • Bu soxta.
    it is fake
    Soxta — counterfeit: a fake here is literally "a counterfeit". The real thing is haqiqiy, and the difference shows in the price.
  • mavjud
    in stock
    A word from Arabic: existing, in stock. Bu rangda mavjudmi? — is it available in this color? — the question that saves a trip.
  • boshqa rangga almashtirmoq
    to exchange for another color
    Boshqa — another, rang — color: to exchange for another color, literally. The -ga gives direction, as everywhere.
  • qoʻl soati
    wristwatch
    a rounded oʻ and a deep throat q
  • atir
    perfume
    A word from Arabic: perfume — atir. A scent is hid, and "the perfume smells pleasant" is the safest compliment.
  • kosmetika
    cosmetics
    An international word, like the goods itself. A cosmetics shop is kosmetika doʻkoni, and girlfriends go there in pairs.
  • ishlangan
    used
    From ishlamoq — to work (a base word) plus -gan — "having been in service". A used phone is cheaper, and that is honest arithmetic.
  • savdolashmoq
    to bargain
    From savdo — trade (you know savdo markazi) with the mutual tail: to bargain with each other. The place is one — the bazaar; at a shop with a price tag there is no bargaining.
  • kitob doʻkoni
    bookshop
    a rounded oʻ in doʻkoni
  • olmoq
    to take
    One word for "take" and "get": non oldim — both "took a flatbread" and "took bread from the shelf". The past — the tail -di.
  • bermoq
    to give
    To whom — the suffix -ga: menga bering — "give me". One word closes both "give" and the request at the counter.
  • sotib olmoq
    to buy
    Literally "having bought, to take": two verbs work as a pair. It is placed where a lone olmoq would be ambiguous.
  • toʻlamoq
    to pay
    a rounded oʻ between o and yo
  • qoʻymoq
    to put
    Where — the suffix -ga: stolga qoʻydim — put it on the table. "To stand" is the same verb; the language does not keep a second card for it.
  • qidirmoq
    to look for
    The present "right now" is especially common here: qidiryapman — "I am looking" — the first word of the owner of a lost wallet.
  • topmoq
    to find
    The pair of qidirmoq: sought — found. Topdim sounds short and joyful, as it should.
  • koʻrsatmoq
    to show
    two rounded oʻ
  • istamoq
    to want
    The dictionary form of that istayman already known from tea: wanted — said the wish, and the verb still closes the phrase.
  • qila olmoq
    to be able
    There is no separate word: possibility is the tail -a olmoq after another verb. Kela olaman — "I can come", the negation lives inside.
  • ulgurji
    wholesale
    Wholesale: "ulgurji narx" — a wholesale price. The opposite — "donalab": by the piece dearer, wholesale cheaper.
  • kafolat muddati
    warranty period
    "Kafolat" — warranty, which you know from appliances, plus the term of its action. For appliances they usually give "ikki yil kafolat" here.
  • buyurtma boʻyicha
    made to order
    Literally "by the order": made not for the warehouse but for a concrete customer. Furniture, blankets and dresses at the markets are often "buyurtma boʻyicha".
  • oʻramoq
    to wrap
    a rounded oʻ with the split mark in the middle
  • qaytarmoq
    to give back
    The pair of "qaytmoq": returned oneself — "qaytdim", returned a thing — "qaytardim". A return at the shop is the same verb.
  • Bir kilosi qancha?
    how much per kilo?
    Literally "its kilo how much": "qancha?" is known from the bazaar lesson; asked pointing at the goods.
  • Chegirma bormi?
    is there a discount?
    "Chegirma" is known — a discount; the question hangs by the tail -mi on "bor" — is there.
  • Sizda ... bormi?
    do you have...?
    Literally "at you is there": "siz" and "bor" are known; what is sought is put before the question.
  • Shuni olaman
    I will take this
    "Men olaman" is taken by "I take" at the bazaar; at the shop one takes a concrete thing: "shuni olaman" — literally "this I take".
  • Menga paket kerak
    I need a bag
    "Paket" and "kerak" are known; "to me" — "menga", and the order is: to whom — what — needed.
  • Kassa qayerda?
    where is the till?
    "Kassa" and "qayerda?" are known; the order is strict: first what, then where.
  • Shu hammasi
    that is all
    At the till it means "I take nothing more"; "hammasi" — everything — is known from the answer to "how are you".
  • Naqd pul yoki karta?
    cash or card?
    "Naqd pul" and "yoki" are known; "karta bilan toʻlash" — paying by card — the same build with bilan.
  • Qaytim kerak emas
    keep the change
    "Qaytim" is known — change, "kerak emas" — not needed; literally "the change is not needed".
  • xarid roʻyxati
    shopping list
    a rounded oʻ in roʻyxat

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qancha? — how many? A question about quantity and price at once: "qancha?" at a stall means "how much?". The answer is simply the number.

soʻm — soʻm (currency). The money of Uzbekistan. Prices at the bazaar are named aloud, and haggling is part of the deal.

Qancha turadi? — how much does it cost? Literally "how much does it stand": turadi — "stands". At a stall people also ask it short: qancha?

doʻkon — shop. A stall, a kiosk, a workshop — any place of trade. From it comes "doʻkondor" — shopkeeper.

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How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.

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.

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How do you say “how many?” in Uzbek?

«qancha?» The q is made deep in the throat. It is one of 90 words in the set “shopping and money” — the rest are in the table above.

How many shopping words do you need to start?

The whole set on this page is 90 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.

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