English Explanatory Dictionary

Turk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
  2. A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
  3. A Muslim.
  4. a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
  5. A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian.
  6. A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
  7. A person from Llanelli, Wales.
  8. A Turkish horse.
  9. The plum curculio.
adj
  1. Synonym of Turkic.
  2. Synonym of Turkish.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/tɝk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Turk.wav /tɜːk/ En-au-Turk.ogg

Word forms

Turk Turks Türk Túrk Turke more Turk most Turk

Etymology

From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.

Synonyms

Turkic Turkish

Related words

Brig o' Turk

Derived words

Grand Turk Island out-paramour the Turk Pan-Turkism Pan-Turkist Turkdom Turkess Turkicization Turkicize Turkification Turkify Turkish Turkishly Turkism Turkist Turkland Turkless Turklike Turkness Turkologist Turkology Turk's head Turkwise young Turk
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