1. Oghuz - Noun
2. Oghuz - Proper noun
Oghuz pl (plural only)
A group of south-western Turkic people, including the Turks and Turkmens
Oghuz
A subbranch of the Turkic language family. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen.
By the 10th century, the Oghuz had expanded west and north of the Aral Sea and into the steppe of present-day Kazakhstan, absorbing not only Iranians but also Turks from the Kipchak and Karluk ethnolinguistic groups. Source: Internet
Because of their disparate nature as a polity and the vastness of their domains, Oghuz tribes rarely acted in concert. Source: Internet
He employed Oghuz and Pecheneg mercenaries in this campaign, perhaps to counter the superior cavalry of the Khazars and Bulgars. Source: Internet
In the second half of the 8th century, components of the Nine Oghuz migrated through Jungaria into Central Asia, and Arabic sources located them under the term Guzz in the area of the middle and lower Syrdariya in the 8th century. Source: Internet
Gradually, the term took on the properties of an ethnonym and was used exclusively to designate Muslim Oghuz, especially those who migrated away from the Syrdariya Basin. Source: Internet
An estimated 4,000 Udins reside in the village of Nij and about 100 live in the Oghuz region. Source: Internet