türkiis

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German türkis; itself derived from Middle French turkeis, from Old French turqueise (“Turkish”). The term is related to Turkestan as turquoise (the gem) was brought to Europe from there.

Noun

türkiis (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. turquoise

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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