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Turkish

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/ / /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/ / [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ]

adj

Etymology: From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.

  1. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
  2. 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.”