Kengayishi

Kengayishi is a noun form used in Uzbek and other Turkic languages to express the concept of expansion, enlargement, or broadening. It is derived from the verb kengay- meaning to widen, and the suffix -ishi marks the act or result of that action. The term thus denotes a process or outcome of becoming larger in scope or size.

In usage, kengayishi appears in contexts such as urban, economic, or geographic growth. It is commonly found in formal writing, journalism, and academic texts when describing how a city, market, infrastructure, or area increases in extent. The form can combine with different modifiers to specify what is expanding, for example shaharning kengayishi (the expansion of the city) or bozarning kengayishi (the expansion of the market).

Examples of its function in sentences include phrases like “Shaharning kengayishi iqtisodiy rivojlanishga bog‘liq,” meaning “The city’s expansion is linked to economic development,” or “Rivojlanish kengayishi tarmoq bo‘yicha yangi imkoniyatlar yaratdi,” meaning “The expansion of development created new opportunities across sectors.” These usages illustrate how kengayishi communicates gradual change over time rather than a single event.

Related forms include kengayish (the act of expanding) and kengayuvchi (an expanding agent or thing). In related Turkic languages, cognates with similar meanings exist, reflecting a common linguistic heritage around the idea of enlargement.