Tilimiz “o‘zbekcha” nomini o‘tmishining qay bosqichida ola boshlagan edi?

Abstract

Like many Turkic languages, the Uzbek language was referred to
for centuries by terms such as “Turkic language” or simply “Turkic.” The
“Khāqāni Turkic,” which emerged on the basis of Old Turkic in Eastern
Turkestan, began to expand during the reign of the Qarakhanid dynasty
(960–1212) in the core regions of Turan–Turkestan – the area between the
Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers and adjacent lands. Under this dynasty,
the language spread to places such as Uzgend (in the Fergana Valley), the
middle reaches of the Syr Darya including Tashkent and Yassi (Turkistan),
and to Samarkand and Bukhara in the Zarafshan Valley. It further expanded
during the Chagatai Ulus (1224–1340) and the Timurid period (1370–1407),
gaining widespread use under the names “Turkic” and “Chagatai Turkic.”
Uzbek language, which is a direct descendant of Chagatai Turkic, continued
to be known primarily by these terms up until the early decades of the
20th century. However, from as early as the beginning of the 16th century,
when the ethnonym “Uzbek” began to spread across the Amu Darya–Syr
Darya region, the language also started to be referred to in some contexts
as “Uzbek” or “Uzbek Turkic.”