Uzbek Gender
As we mentioned before, there is no Uzbek gender which is good news (compared to other languages).
While in English it is known that feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. In Uzbek, nouns are not masculine, feminine, they might be all considered "neutral".
Grammar Tips:
There are no genders in Uzbek, no feminine and no masculine. This applies to adjectives as well as nouns.
Here are some examples:
| English Gender | Uzbek Gender |
| Feminine | - |
| he is happy | u bahtli |
| she is happy | u bahtli |
| he is American | u amerikan |
| she is American | u amerikan |
| |
| man | erkak |
| woman | ayol |
| father | ota |
| mother | ona |
| brother | aka/uka |
| sister | opa/singil |
| uncle | tog'a/amaki |
| aunt | hola/amma |
| bull | xukiz |
| cow | sigir |
| boy | o'g'il bola |
| girl | qiz bola |
As you can see from the example above, there is no structure of the Feminine in Uzbek.
Gender in Uzbek
Below are examples of some vocabulary words that you can try to memorize to help you boost your vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Uzbek Vocabulary |
| objects | obyetklar |
| bathroom | vannaxona |
| bed | karavot |
| bedroom | yotoqxona |
| ceiling | ship |
| chair | stul |
| clothes | kiyimlar |
| coat | palto |
| cup | piyola |
| desk | stol |
| dress | kuylak |
| floor | pol |
| fork | sanchqi |
| furniture | mebel |
| glass | bokal, oyna |
| hat | shlyapa |
| house | o'y |
| ink | siyoh |
| jacket | jaket, kurtka |
| kitchen | oshxona |
| knife | pichoq |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | xat |
| map | xarita |
| newspaper | gazeta |
| notebook | daftar |
| pants | shim |
| paper | qog'oz |
| pen | ruchka |
| pencil | qalam |
| pharmacy | dorixona |
| picture | rasm, surrat |
| plate | likop |
| refrigerator | holodilnik |
| restaurant | restoran |
| roof | tom |
| room | xona |
| rug | gilam |
| scissors | qaychi |
| shampoo | shampun |
| shirt | futbolka |
| shoes | poyafzal |
| soap | sovun |
| socks | kalta paypoq |
| spoon | qoshiq |
| table | stol |
| toilet | tualet |
| toothbrush | tish chutkasi |
| toothpaste | tish pastasi |
| towel | sochiq |
| umbrella | soyabon |
| underwear | ichki kiyim |
| wall | devor |
| wallet | hamyon |
| window | deraza, oyna |
| telephone | telefon |
Feminine and Masculine are absent from Uzbek, therefore they don't need very special attention. Once you're done with Uzbek gender lesson, you might want to check the rest of our Uzbek lessons here: Learn Uzbek. Don't forget to bookmark this page.