Turk

Meaning

Noun

1. A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
2. A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
3. (obsolete) A Muslim.
4. a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
5. (archaic) 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

A surname.

Synonyms

Turkish

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binge

Turki

Ottoman

Turkic

melopeia

ottoman

Translations

Turc

Türke

turco

🇹🇷

turco

🇹🇷

Türkin

Türk

Τούρκος

Turque

Turk

turco

🇹🇷

turc

Turkse

turca

turc

🇹🇷

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɝk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Turke

In summary

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.