English Explanatory Dictionary

Turkic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.
name
  1. The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.
  2. Any branch of that family.
  3. Any language of that family.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɝkɪk/ /ˈtɜːkɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Turkic.wav

Word forms

Turkic Turcic Türkic

Etymology

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

Synonyms

Turk Turkish

Derived words

Turkicization Turkicize Turkicness Ajami Turkic Anatolian Turkic Azerbaijani Turkic Azeri Turkic Common Turkic Khorasani Turkic Old Anatolian Turkic Old Turkic Proto-Turkic Turkicist
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