Turkish

The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Adjective

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.
    • 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...
    • 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:

    Synonyms: Anatolian Turkic Anatolian Turkish

  2. Synonym of Turkic.
    • [...] in Mongolian and some Turkish languages - 1962, Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian Studies, page 37:
    • Old Turkish began with the separation, formation and consolidation of the independent Turkish languages. - 1982, András Róna-Tas, Chuvash Studies, page 119:
    • This is openly a characteristics of Chaghatay and other Eastern Turkish languages and dialects. - 2007, László Károly, Turcology in Turkey: selected papers, page 458:

    Synonyms: Turkic

Origin

From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.

Forms

Türkish

Synonyms

Turk

Hyponyms

Anatolian Turkish Khorasani Turkish Modern Turkish Old Anatolian Turkish Ottoman Turkish

Related

Turk Turkic turquoise Wiktionary’s coverage of Turkish terms

Derived

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

Proper noun

  1. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

    Synonyms: Anatolian Turkic Anatolian Turkish

  2. Synonym of Turkic.
    • 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...
    • M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek. - 2003, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Culture and Learning in Islam, page 256:
    • [...] 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...

    Synonyms: Turkic

Forms

Türkish