Turkish
adjUK /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/ · US /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/
Etymology From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
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Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.
- When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presided at the council, in state. Swayed a Turkish pipe instead of a scepter. Known to sit with eyes closed ...[…]1896, Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg, Higher Lessons in English: A work on English Grammar and composition, 1st edition, Outlook Verlag GmbH, published 2023, →ISBN, page 557:
- The SNC has broad support, with a strong Sunni Muslim component and is backed by the Turkish government.2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN:
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Synonym of Turkic.
- [...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages1962, Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian Studies, page 37:
- Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages.1982, András Róna-Tas, Chuvash Studies, page 119:
2 more examples
- This is openly a characteristics of Chaghatay and other Eastern Turkish languages and dialects.2007, László Károly, Turcology in Turkey: selected papers, page 458:
- In the Timurid empire, the Chaghatay Turkish language, which became the standard of the Timurid court, was part of the eastern branch of Turkic languages.2019, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Hammer and Anvil:
- Synonyms
- Turk
- Derived terms
25 terms
Turkish Angora, Turkish bath, Turkish bow, Turkish bread, Turkish carpet, Turkish checkers, Turkish coffee, Turkish corsair, Turkish crescent, Turkish delight, Turkish draughts, Turkishly, Turkishness, Turkish pizza, Turkish Republic, Turkish Riviera, Turkish rugging, Turkish sage, Turkish Star Wars, Turkish teeth, Turkish towel, Turkish toweling, Turkish towelling, Turkish Van, Turkish Vankedisi- Hyponyms
- Anatolian Turkish, Khorasani Turkish, Modern Turkish, Old Anatolian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish