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Göktürk

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of a powerful nomadic confederation in medieval Asia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Blue Turk

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Göktürk, from gök (“sky, blue”) + Türk (“Turk”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: göytürk — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 突厥 (dat6 kyut3) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突厥 (tūjué) — Translations
  • Hindi: गोकतुर्क (gokturk) — Translations
  • Japanese: 突厥 (tokketsu) — Translations
  • Korean: 돌궐 (dolgwol) — Translations
  • Spanish: Köktürk — Translations
  • Turkish: Göktürk — Translations
  • Ottoman Turkish: گوك تورك (Gök Türk) — Translations
  • Uzbek: koʻkturk — Translations
  • Vietnamese: Đột Quyết — Translations