Turkish
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/ / /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/ / [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ]
adj
Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
- 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 ...[…]”
“The SNC has broad support, with a strong Sunni Muslim component and is backed by the Turkish government.”
- Synonym of Turkic.
“[...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages”
“Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages.”
name
Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
- The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
- Synonym of Turkic.
“This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above all, Ottoman) is the Sanglakh of an obscure eighteenth-century compiler”
“M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek.”