Türk

See also: turk, Turk, and Turk.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰜𐰼𐰇𐱅 (türük), from Old Turkic *𐰃𐰼𐰇𐱅 (türi, root, ancestry, race)+ suffix 𐰜- (-ük), from Proto-Turkic *türi- (lineage, ancestry). Related to türemek, töre, tür, töz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyɾk/

Proper noun

Türk

  1. Turk (person from Turkey)
  2. Turk (person of ethnic group)
    Türkleri seviyorum.
    I love Turks.
    Ben Türk'üm ve inandığının aksine, hayatımda sadece bir kez deve gördüm, hayvanat bahçesinde. Babam da sadece bir kadınla evli.
    I am a Turk and on the contrary of what you believe, I've only once seen a camel in my whole life, in the zoo. Besides, my father is married to only one woman.
  3. A male given name

Declension

Adjective

Türk (comparative daha Türk, superlative en Türk)

  1. Turkish
    Türk dili ve edebiyatı.
    Turkish language and literature.

References

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