Dictionary

Turkish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/ (US)
• [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ] (US)
• [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ] (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.
   • The SNC has broad support, with a strong Sunni Muslim component and is backed by the Turkish government. 2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN:
   • When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presided at the council, in state. Swayed a Turkish pipe instead of a scepter. Known to sit with eyes closed ...[…] 1896, Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg, Higher Lessons in English: A work on English Grammar and composition, 1st edition, Outlook Verlag GmbH, published 2023, →ISBN, page 557:
2. (not-comparable) Synonym of Turkic.
   • [...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages 1962, Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian Studies, page 37:
   • This is openly a characteristics of Chaghatay and other Eastern Turkish languages and dialects. 2007, László Károly, Turcology in Turkey: selected papers, page 458:
   • In the Timurid empire, the Chaghatay Turkish language, which became the standard of the Timurid court, was part of the eastern branch of Turkic languages. 2019, Pamela Kyle Crossley, Hammer and Anvil:
   • Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages. 1982, András Róna-Tas, Chuvash Studies, page 119:

Forms

Deriveds

Turkish bread · Turkish bow · Turkish pizza · Turkish Riviera · Turkish rugging · Turkish teeth · Turkish bath · Turkish Angora · Turkish towel · Turkish Star Wars · Turkishly · Turkish toweling · Turkish towelling · Turkish checkers · Turkish Vankedisi · Turkish coffee · Turkish sage · Turkish corsair · Turkishness · Turkish delight · Turkish draughts · Turkish Van · Turkish crescent · Turkish carpet · Turkish Republic

Hyponyms

Modern Turkish · Anatolian Turkish · Khorasani Turkish · Ottoman Turkish · Old Anatolian Turkish

Relateds

Turkic · Wiktionary’s coverage of Turkish terms · turquoise · Turk

Synonyms

Anatolian Turkic · Turkic · Anatolian Turkish · Turk

Translations (103)

lt turkiškas (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · mt Tork (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · gv Turkagh (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sv turkisk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · bn তুর্কি (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · uk туре́цький (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ro turcesc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · el τουρκικός (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fi turkkilainen (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sah туурак (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cu тѷрчьскъ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ms Turki (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fr turc (Turkic) · ast turcu (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · br turk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · mel Tereki (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · tr Türk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · es túrcico (Turkic) · uz turk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · es túrquico (Turkic) · vi Thổ Nhĩ Kì (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · th ตุรกี (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · tt төрек (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sah түрк (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · nl Turks (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fi turkinkielinen (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · gl turca (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ia turc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sco Turkis (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fa ترکی (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · hy թուրքական (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ro turcească (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · da tyrkisk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cy tyrciaidd (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · la turcicus (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · es turqués (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · es turquesco (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · yi טערקיש (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ka თურქული (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · km តួកគី (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · nn tyrkisk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · af Turks (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ru туре́цкий (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · otk 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · kn ತುರುಕ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fa ترکیهای (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · lv turcisks (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sv turkiskt (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ur ترکی (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ca turc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cmn 土耳其的 (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ko 터키의 (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · tk türk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · de türkisch (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · mk турски (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cs turecký (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · hi तुर्की (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · mn турк (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · fr turc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · bg ту́рски (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ba төрөк (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · non tyrkneskr (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · id turki (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sh tùrskī (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ug تۈرك (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · et türgi (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · otk 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚 (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · pt turco (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · oc turc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · gl turco (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · hi तुर्कीयाई (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · my တူရကီ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · el τούρκικος (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ps ترکي (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sq turk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · eo turka (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · be турэ́цкі (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ky түрк (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ar تُرْكِيّ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sl túrški (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ro turcă (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cy twrcaidd (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · es turco (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · hu török (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cy tyrcaidd (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · pl turecki (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · kk түрік (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · rom xoraxano (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · az türk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · cy twrciaidd (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ro turc (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sh ту̀рскӣ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · lv turku (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · nb tyrkisk (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · kmr tirkî (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · is tyrkneskur (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · br turkek (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · he טוּרְקִי (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · it turco (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · tg туркӣ (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · sw Mturuki (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ga Turcach (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language) · ja トルコの (of, from or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language)

Turkish en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/ (US)
• [ˈtɐ˞.kɪʃ] (US)
• [ˈtɚ.kɪʃ] (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.

Meanings

1. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
2. Synonym of Turkic.
   • It was Navai who through his poetry almost single-handedly turned his native Chaghatay Turkish into a literary language. 2022, Dominic Lieven, In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History:
   • This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above all, Ottoman) is the Sanglakh of an obscure eighteenth-century compiler 2001, C. Edmund Bosworth, editor, A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001, page 97:
   • M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek. 2003, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Culture and Learning in Islam, page 256:
   • And my uncle always shouted: “Uzbek Turkish is very close to our Turkish language!” 2011, Elif Batuman, The Possessed:
   • [...] these works include stories of the battles the Turks fought against the Chinese, a variety of legends, and numerous specimens of verse (found mostly in Chinese translation) written in Uyghur Turkish. 2011, Talat S. Halman, Jayne L. Warner, A Millennium of Turkish Literature, page 6:

Forms

Synonyms

Anatolian Turkish · Anatolian Turkic · Turkic

Translations (103)

sq gjuha turke (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · nn tyrkisk (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · uz turkcha (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · cmn 土耳其文 (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · br turkeg (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fr turc (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · dv ތުރުކީ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · he טורקית (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fr turc (Turkic) · es túrcico (Turkic) · gl turco (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · km ទួរគី (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tg забони туркӣ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · lv turku valoda (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ug تۈركچە (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ur ترکی (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ast turcu (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · be турэ́цкая (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · vi tiếng Thổ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · bn তুর্কি (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · mk турски (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · uk туре́цька (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sh tùrskī (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ro turcă (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ko 터키어 (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sw Kituruki (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ja トルコ語 (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tr Türkçe (Turkic) · lt turkų kalba (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tr Türk dili (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sq turkisht (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ar اللُّغَة التُّرْكِيَّة (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ba төрөк теле (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tt төрек теле (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · nl Turks (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · kmr tirkî (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ba төрөксә (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tt төрекча (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · es turco (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · af Turks (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · el τουρκική (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · cs turecký jazyk m turečtina (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ro limba turcă (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sco Turkis (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ms bahasa Turki (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fi turkki (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tr Türkçe (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fo turkiskt (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ru туре́цкий (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · eu turkiera (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · vi tiếng Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ka თურქული ენა (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sv turkiska (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · oc turc (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sk turečtina (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ka თურქული (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sah туурак тыла (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · kk түрікше (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · nb tyrkisk (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · hi तुर्की (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ur ترکی زبان (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fa ترکی استانبولی (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · hu török (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ar التُّرْكِيَّة (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sah түрк тыла (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · lv turku (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sl túrščina (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sh ту̀рскӣ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · fa زبان ترکی (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · it turco (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tr Türki (Turkic) · hy թուրքերեն (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sah түрктүү (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · eo turka (lingvo) (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sk turecký jazyk (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ga Tuircis (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · de Türkisch (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · pl język turecki (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · da tyrkisk (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · he תורכית (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ia turco (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · et türgi keel (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · be турэ́цкая мо́ва (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ar تُرْكِيّ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · kk түрік тілі (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · is tyrkneska (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · scn turcu (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · es túrquico (Turkic) · bg ту́рски (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sc turcu (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · nv Tʼóok bizaad (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · tg туркӣ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ca turc (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ky түркчө (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · li Törksj (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · cmn 土耳其語 /土耳其语 (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ti ቱርከኛ (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · ky түркча (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · pt turco (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · co turcu (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · lt turkų (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · es turqués (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) · sah туурактыы (official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)

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