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ilohi: (Arabic) O God! My God! 
ilohim: (Arabic) O God! Dear God! 
My dear God! 
ilohiy: (Arabic) divine. 
ilohiyot: (Arabic) theology. 
iloj: (Arabic) medicine, remedy; cure; 
means, way out. buning ~i bormi? Is 
there a way to settle/fix this?, Is there a 
way out of this? ~im qancha? What can 
I do?, What choice do I have? ~i yo'q 
There's no other choice. ~i boricha as 
much as possible. ~i bo'lmadi It wasn't 
possible; It was unavoidable. ~ top- to 
find a means. (bir) ~(ini) qil- to do s.t. 
(to solve the situation), to find a way. 
bir ~ qilib in one way or another. 
ilojsiz: hopeless; unavoidable, 
inescapable; out of desperation; left 
with no other choice. 
ilojsizlik: helplessness, lack of means 
or choice; urgency. 
ilon-chayon: reptiles, creepy-crawly 
things, harmful, biting vermin.ilon 
zool.snake. ~ yili the year of the 
Dragon/Snake in the 12-year cycle. ~ 
izi snaking, winding. ~ po'st tashlaydi 
unbearable, unendurable (talk). yer 
tagida ~ qimirlasa biladigan extremely 
sharp, perceptive. ~dan-~, 
chayondan-chayon like begets like 
(corrupt offspring of corrupt 
people).ilonbaliq zool.loach; lamprey; 
eel.ilonbosh zool.snake-head 
(fish).ilonchirmovuq bot.s. 
ilonpechak.iloncho'p bot.clematis; 
common gromwell.ilongul 
bot.gladiolus.ilono't bot.s. 
ilonpechak.ilonpechak bot.oriental 
clematis.ilonpiyoz bot.grape 
hyacinth.ilonquyruq zool.striped 
skink.ilontili bot.ribwort.iloq bot.sand 
sedge. 
ilova: (Arabic) postscript, footnote, 
explanation; supplement, addition. ~ 
tarzida as a footnote, in passing. ~ qil- 
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ilovali: footnoted. 
ilovasiz: unfootnoted. 
iloyim: (Arabic) Dear God! 
iloyo: (Arabic) O God! 
iltal"yan: (Russian) Italian. 
iltifot: (Arabic) courtesy, kindness, 
courteous treatment. ~ ko'rsat- to treat 
courteously. 
iltifotli: courteous, gracious. 
iltifotsiz: discourteous, ungracious. 
iltifotsizlik: discourteousness, 
ungracious behavior. 
iltijo: (Arabic) entreaty, supplication. 
iltimos: (Arabic) request, favor; 
Please!; I beg you! ~ qil- to beg, to 
entreaty, to request. 
iltimoschi: petitioner, one who asks for 
a favor. 
iltimosnoma: (Persian) letter of 
request.ilvasin zool.game bird. 
 
ilvira-: to become infected. 
[ilvirat-]ilvirs zool.snow leopard; (fig.) 
sneak, stealthy person. 
im: sign, gesture, movement. 
imdod lit.: (Arabic) help, aid, 
assistance. 
imi-dimi(da): higgledy-piggledy, 
slap-dab, shoddy. 
imi-jimida: in peace; on the sly, 
surreptitiously; s. imidimida. 
imilla-: v.i.  to dawdle. [imillash-] 
imirsila-: s. imilla-. 
imkon: (Arabic) possibility. ~i qancha! 
What can you do? What choice is 
there? ~dan tashqari not possible, not 
feasible. ~ ber- to allow. ~ boricha as 
much as is possible. ~ bo'lmadi There 
was no chance. 
imkoniyat: (Arabic) possibility; 
opportunity. ~ ber- to make possible, to 
offer the opportunity. 
imkonsiz: impossible. 
imla-: v.i.  to motion, to gesture. 
[imlash-] 
imlama: gestured, by gesture ; private, 
exclusive get-together. ~ do'q 
threatening gesture.imliq gram. 
arch.exclamation. 
imlo: (Arabic) orthography. 
imloviy: (Arabic) orthographic. 
immanent: (Russian) immanent. 
immunitet: (Russian) immunity. 
imo: (Arabic) sign, gesture, motion. ~ 
qil- to indicate, to signal; to allude to. 
imo-ishora: (Arabic) signs and 
gestures. ~ tili sign language. 
imoli: gestured, indicating; alluding to, 
allusive, suggestive. 
imom: (Arabic) imam, prayer leader. 
imomat: (Arabic) imamate, the duties 
and office of an imam.imomatchilik 
coll.imam's work and duties, imam 
business. 
imomcha: student in a madrasah 
studying to become an imam. 
imomgarchilik: s. imomat, 
imomatchilik. 
imomlik: abstr. of ~ka o't- to lead the 
prayer. ~ qil- to serve as imam. 
imon: (Arabic) faith, belief. ~ keltir- to 
say the Islamic profession of faith. ~ni 
yut-/yo'qot-/sot- to lose one's faith (in 
God); to become unscrupulous, to do 
s.t. unscrupulously. 
imonli: having faith, devout; virtuous. 
imonsiz: faithless; unscrupulous, 
dishonest, lowly. ~ ketkur May you die 
an infidel! 
imorat: (Arabic) building, structure. 
imoratbop: (Persian) suitable for 
building or construction. 
imoratchi: s. imoratsoz. 
imoratsoz: (Persian) builder, architect. 
imperator: (Russian) emperor. 
imperialist: (Russian) imperialist. 
imperialistik: (Russian) imperialist(ic). 
imperializm: (Russian) imperialism. 
imperiya: (Russian) empire. 
import: (Russian) import. ~ mollar 
imported goods. 
improvizator: (Russian) improvisator. 
improvizatsiya (Russian): 
improvisation. 
impul"s: (Russian) impulse; impetus. 
imtihon: (Arabic) examination, test. ~ 
ber-/~ ol- to give a test. ~ qil- to test. 
~ga qo'y- to put to an examination. 
imtihonsiz: w/o examination. 
imtiyoz: (Arabic) special privilege. 
imtiyozli: having privilege; special. ~ 
diplom diploma with honors. 
imtiyozsiz: w/o special privileges. 
imzo: (Arabic) signature. ~ 
qil-/qo'y-/chek- to sign. 
imzola-: v.t.  to sign, to put one's 
signature to. [imzolan-, imzolat-] 
imzosiz: unsigned; anonymous. 
in'ektsiya: (Russian) injection. 
in'ikos: (Arabic) reflection. 
in'om: (Arabic) gift, donation, tribute. 
~ ber-/qil- to grant, to bestow, to 
confer.in'omnoma hist.deed, title. 
in-: v.i.  to settle, to set; (dial.) to 
descend, to come down. [indir-, 
indiril-] 
in: den, hole, lair, nest, etc. (~-)~iga 
kirib ketdi to dive back into one's hole 
(from fright). ~ qil-/sol- to build a nest. 
inchunin: (Persian) such; so, thus. 
inda(ma)- v.i. neg. only: to (not) say a 
thing, to be silent. u ~may o'tib 
ketaverdi He passed right on by 
without saying anything. 
indamas: silent, close-mouthed. 
indeets: (Russian) (American) Indian. 
indeks: (Russian) index. 
indikator: (Russian) indicator; reagent. 
indin(ga): the day after 
tomorrow.indingi adj.(pertaining to) 
the day after tomorrow. 
individ: (Russian) individual. 
individual: (Russian) individual. 
individualist: (Russian) individualist. 
individualistik (Russian): 
individualistic. 
individualizm: (Russian) 
individualism. 
individuallashtir-: to individualize. 
individuallik: (Russian) individuality. 
indivuduallash: individualization. 
indonez: (Russian) Indonesian. 

 
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indoneziyalik: Indonesian.indov 
bot.rocket salad. 
induk zool.coll.: (Russian) s. indyuk. 
induktiv: (Russian) inductive. 
induktor: (Russian) inductor, field 
magnet. 
induktsion: (Russian) induction. 
industr(iya)lash-: to become 
industrialized. [industr(iya)lashtir-] 
industr(iya)lash: industrialization. 
industrial: (Russian) industrial. 
industriya: (Russian) industry. 
indyuk zool.: (Russian) turkey (s. 
kurka). 
inert: (Russian) inert. 
inertsiya: (Russian) inertia. 
inertsiyali: inertial. 
infarkt: (Russian) coronary 
thrombosis, heart attack. 
infektsion: (Russian) infectious. 
infektsiya: (Russian) infection. 
infinitiv: (Russian) (gram.) infinitive. 
inflatsion econ. adj. (Russian): 
inflationary. 
inflyatsiya econ.: (Russian) inflation. 
informatsion adj. (Russian): 
information. 
informatsiya: (Russian) information. 
infraqizil: infrared. ~ nurlar infrared 
rays. 
infratovushlar: infrasound.infuzoriya 
zool.infusoria. 
ing'ala-: s. ingala-.ing ono.bawling 
sound of an infant. "~" yo'q, "jing" yo'q 
not a peep, not a sound.inga 
ono.bawling sound of an infant. 
ingala-: v.i.  to bawl (infant). [ingalat-] 
ingalyator: (Russian) inhaler. 
ingalyatsiya: (Russian) inhaling. 
ingichka: thin, fine. ~ kasal 
tuberculosis (s. ~ tovush high, shrill 
voice. 
ingichkala-: v.t.  to make thin; to hone; 
to taper. [ingichkalan-, ingichkalash-, 
ingichkalashtir-] 
ingilla-: v.i.  s. angilla-. 
ingliz: (Russian) English. 
inglizcha: English (language). 
ingra-: v.i.  to moan, to groan. [ingrat-, 
ingrash-] 
ingroq: moaning, wailing. 
ini: younger brother (s. uka). 
injener: (Russian) engineer, technician 
(s. muhandis). 
injenerlik: abstr. of injener. 
inji- v.i. dial.: to get angry. [injit-] 
injil: (Arabic) the Gospel; the New 
Testament; the Bible. 
injil- dial.: v.i.  to wince, to flinch. 
injiq: touchy, squeamish, irritable; 
erratic, unsettled. 
injiqlan-: to act irritable; to be moody, 
to constantly break into tears. 
injiqlik: abstr. of ~ qil- to be 
squeamish or touchy. 
injirg'a: ~si chiq-/o'yna- to fall to 
pieces, to be totaled. 
inju 1: pearl(s).inju 2 hist.lands 
bequeathed to Chingizid stock. 
inkassator: (Russian) collector, 
receiver. 
inkishof lit.: (Arabic) opening, 
uncovering, discovery. ~ qil- to 
discover, to uncover. 
inkor: (Arabic) denial. ~ Et-/~ 
yuklamasi suffix of negation. 
inkubator: (Russian) incubator. 
inkubatoriy: (Russian) incubation cell 
or room. 
inkubatorxona: s. inkubatoriy. 
inkubatsiya: (Russian) incubation. ~ 
davri period of incubation. 
inkvizitor: (Russian) inquisitor. 
inkvizitsiya: (Russian) inquisition. 
inla- rare: to go into one's den. [inlat-] 
innana: seesaw. 
innaykeyin coll. < undan keyin: after 
that, then; also, furthermore. 
inobat A: trust, faith, belief; 
consideration. ~ga ol- to consider, to 
take into account. ~ qil- to believe in. 
inobatli: trusted; trustworthy. 
inobatsiz: not trusted; untrustworthy. 
inod: (Arabic) stubbornness, 
obstinancy. ~ qil- to be stubborn. 
inon: (Arabic) control, management, 
administration. 
inon(i)-ixtiyor: (Arabic) choice, 
preference, volition. 
inon- v.i. +ga: to believe. [inontir-] 
inonuvchan: gullible. 
inoq (Mong): friendly, close, 
amicable; an official in the Bukharan 
khanate in charge of reading aloud 
proclamations and correspondence. 
inoqlash-: v.i.  to become friends; to 
socialize with. 
inoqlik: friendship, comradeship; 
closeness. 
inoyat: (Arabic) grace, favor, kindness. 
~ qil- to be kind towards. 
inqilla-: v.i.  to grunt, to huff and puff. 
[inqillat-] 
inqilob: (Arabic) revolution. 
inqilobchi: revolutionary. 
inqilobiy adj.: (Arabic) revolutionary. 
inqilobiylashtir-: v.t.  to instill with 
revolutionary fever; to revolutionize. 
inqiroz: (Arabic) regression, 
degeneration; dying out, extinction. 
~ga uchra-/yuz tut- to undergo decline. 
ins-jins: (Arabic) demons and jinns. 
insho: (Arabic) essay. ~ qil- (arch.) to 
build, to construct. 
inshoollo(h): (Arabic) God willing. 
inshoot: (Arabic) building, 
construction; works, constructions. 
insof: (Arabic) conscience, fairness. ~ 
qil- to behave conscientiously, to have 
a heart. ~ga kel- to become 
conscientious, to take pity. 
insofan: (Arabic) conscientiously. 
insofli: just, fair, conscientious. 
insofsiz: unjust, unfair; cruel, 
cold-blooded. 
insofsizlik: unfairness; inhumanity; 
cruelty. 
inson: (Arabic) human being, man. ~i 
komil ideal human being. 
insoniy: (Arabic) human, humanistic. 

 
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insoniyat: (Arabic) humanity, 
mankind. 
insonlik: humanness; humanity, 
compassion. 
insonparvar: (Persian) humanitary. 
insonparvarlik: love for mankind, 
humanitarianism. 
inspektor: (Russian) inspector. 
inspektorlik: abstr. of ~ qil- to serve as 
inpspector; to inspect. 
inspektsiya: (Russian) inspection; 
inspectorate. 
instantsiya: (Russian) instance. 
instinkt: (Russian) instinct. 
instinktiv: (Russian) instinctive. 
institut: (Russian) institute, institution; 
college. 
instruktaj: (Russian) instructing; 
briefing. 
instruktiv: (Russian) instructional. 
instruktor: (Russian) instructor. 
instruktsiya: (Russian) instructions, 
directions. 
instrumental: (Russian) instrumental. 
instsenirovka: (Russian) dramatization. 
insul"t: (Russian) stroke. 
insulin: (Russian) insulin. 
integral: (Russian) integral. 
integrallash: (Russian) (math) 
integration. 
integratsiya: (Russian) integration. 
intellekt: (Russian) intellect. 
intellektual: (Russian) intellectual. 
intelligent: (Russian) intellectual, 
member of the intelligentsia. 
intelligentsiya: (Russian) intelligentsia. 
intendant: (Russian) quartermaster. 
intensiv: (Russian) intensive. 
intensivlash: intensification. 
intermediya: (Russian) interlude. 
internat: (Russian) boarding house; 
boarding school. 
internatsional: (Russian) international. 
Internatsional: (Russian) the 
"Internationale" (socialist 
organization). Birinchi ~ the First 
International (1864). 
internatsionalchilik: internationalism. 
internatsionalist (Russian): 
internationalist. 
internatsionalistik (Russian): 
internationalist(ic). 
internatsionalizatsiya (Russian): 
internationalization. ~ qil- to 
internationalize. 
internatsionalizm: internationalism. 
internatsionallashtirish: 
internationalization. 
interpolyatsion: (Russian) 
interpolative. 
interpolyatsiyalash: interpolation. 
interpolyatsiyalovchi: interpolator. 
interv"yu: (Russian) interview. -dan ~ 
ol- to interview s.o. -ga ~ ber- to give 
s.o. an interview. 
interval: (Russian) interval. 
intervent: (Russian) interventionalist. 
interventsiya: (Russian) intervention. 
interventsiyachi: s. intervent. 
intiboh arch. poet. (Arabic): 
wakefulness, vigilance. 
intiho: (Arabic) end; limit. 
intihosiz: boundless, w/o end. 
intil-: v.i.  to reach out towards; to 
strive for, to seek, to aspire to. 
[intiltir-] 
intilish: striving, aspiration. 
intilma: markazga ~ kuch centrifugal 
force. 
intiluvchi: markazga ~ nerv centripetal 
nerve. 
intim: (Russian) intimate. 
intiq-: v.i.  to rush, to hurry.intiq dial.s. 
intizor. 
intiqom: (Arabic) revenge, vengeance. 
intixob: obs. (Arabic) election, 
selection. ~ Et-/qil- to elect, to select. 
intizom: (Arabic) order, discipline. ~ 
ustavi disciplinary regulations. 
intizomli: orderly, disciplined, regular. 
intizomsiz: disorderly, undisciplined. 
intizomsizlik: indiscipline; 
disorderliness, irregularity. 
intizor: (Arabic) expecting, waiting 
anxiously for. ~ qil- to make anxious 
for, to make wait expectantly. 
intizorlik: abstr. of ~ tort- to be 
anxious, impatient. 
intonatsion: (Russian) intonational. 
intonatsiya: (Russian) intonation. 
intriga: (Russian) intrigue; plot. 
intrigachi: intriguer, schemer. 
intuitsiya: (Russian) intuition. 
invalid: (Russian) invalid; disabled 
person. 
invalidlik: disablement. ~ nafaqasi 
disability assistance. 
inventar": (Russian) stock; equipment; 
appliances; inventory. 
inventarizatsiya: (Russian) inventory 
making, stock-taking. ~ qil- to take 
inventory. 
inversiya: (Russian) inversion. 
ion: (Russian) ion. 
iona: (Arabic) donation, offering; 
assistance, aid, relief. 
ionizatsion adj.: (Russian) ionization. 
ionizatsiya: (Russian) ionization. ~ qil- 
to ionize. 
ionlash-: v.i.  to ionize. [ionlashtir-] 
ionlashuv: ionization. 
ionlovchi: ionizing. ~ apparat ionizer. 
ionosfera: (Russian) ionosphere. 
ip: thread, string, line; tie. ~ gazlama 
cotton cloth. ~ Esholmaydi cannot be a 
match to, cannot match. ~idan 
ignasigacha from head to toe, 
thoroughly. ~ni uzib yerga tashla- to 
take care of, to fix once and for all. 
ipak: silk. 
ipakchi: silk merchant; silk 
manufacturer or breeder of silkworms. 
ipakchilik: silkworm breeding, 
sericulture. 
ipakday: silken, smooth; gentle. 
ipakfurush: silk merchant. 
ipakli: silken. 

 
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ipaklik: silk clothing. 
ipcha: dim. of ip; fiber, strand, 
filament. 
ipiltiriq: extremely thin, skinny, 
scraggy. 
ipir-ipir: in shreds, in strands, in 
clumps (e.g., curdled milk, soot, 
etc.).iplos coll.s. iflos. 
ipor: musk. ~ bez musk gland. 
iporgul: bot. marjoram flower??. 
ippodrom: (Russian) hippodrome, 
racecourse. 
iq: taste, liking. bu ~im suyadigan 
odam this is a man of my taste. olmaga 
~im tushdi I had a craving for apples. 
ovqatni ~i suyib ye- to eat with 
appetite. 
iqbol: (Arabic) good fortune; fate. ~i 
baland having a bright future. 
iqdom: arch.    (Arabic) measure, 
action; start, commencement. ~ qil- to 
commence, to undertake. 
iqlim: (Arabic) climate. yetti ~ the 
seven continents 
iqlimiy lit.: (Arabic) climatic. 
iqlimlash-: v.i.  to acclimatize. 
[iqlimlashtir-] 
iqlimshunos: climatologist. 
iqror: (Arabic) recognition, 
acknowledgement; declaration. ~ 
bo'l-/qil- to acknowledge, to admit.iqta 
hist.land bestowed for military service. 
iqtido: arch.    (Arabic) to follow, to 
imitate. ~ qil- to follow the imam's 
actions while praying. 
iqtidor: (Arabic) power, strength, 
ability. 
iqtidorli: powerful; capable. 
iqtidorsiz: incapable. 
iqtisod: (Arabic) economy; economics. 
~ qil- to economize (on), to save (on). 
iqtisodchi: thrifty, economical person; 
economist. 
iqtisodiy: (Arabic) economic. 
iqtisodiyat: (Arabic) economics. 
irg'a-: v.t.