Seljuk

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• UK: /ˈsɛld͡ʒuːk/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• US: /sɛlˈd͡ʒuːk/
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L JH AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From Ottoman Turkish سلجوق (selcuk), ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (sälcük) attested in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) attested in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. Compare modern Turkish Selçuk. Pelliot & al. favored derivation via Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (*Sälčük), following some accounts taking the name from Proto-Turkic *sāl (“raft”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”) from the warlord's supposed birth on a raft on the Syr Darya. There are other early Persian and Arabic transcriptions, however, including سلجوك (Saljūk), سلچوق (Salčūq), and سلجق (Saljuq). Some sources take the original form of the name to have been *Salçuğ or *Salçığ with the meaning "one who fights", "disputes", or "struggles". Some arguing for an original pronunciation of [Term?] (*Selčük) or [Term?] (*Selčuk) would derive it from an early borrowing of Persian سیل (seyl, “flood”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”); others from *Sel as an earlier name of the Muztagh Ata in the Eastern Pamirs. Caferoğlu and Gedikli argue for derivation from a modified borrowing of Old Uyghur clean, pure (sil) + Proto-Turkic *-čük.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَلْجُوقِيّ (saljūqiyy) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Armenian: սելջուկյան (selǰukyan) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Azerbaijani: səlcuqi — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Bengali: সলজূকী (śoljūkī) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Bengali: সলজূকিয়া (śoljūkiẏa) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Catalan: seljúcida — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• French: saljuqide — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• French: saljûqide — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• French: seldjoukide — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• German: seldschukisch — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Lithuanian: seldžiukų — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Marathi: सलजूक (saljūk) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Russian: сельджукский (selʹdžukskij) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Spanish: selyúcida — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Urdu: سلجوقی (Saljūqī) — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Uzbek: saljuqiy — Of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, and its empire
• Arabic: سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Azerbaijani: Səlcuq — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Bashkir: Сәлжүк (Səljük) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Bengali: সলজূক (śoljūk) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Chinese Mandarin: 塞爾柱 /塞尔柱 (Sài'ěrzhù) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• French: Saljuq — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• German: Seldschuk — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Kazakh: Салжұқ (Saljūq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Lithuanian: Seldžiukas — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Marathi: सलजूक (saljūk) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Persian: سلجوق (Saljuq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Tajik: Салҷуқ (Saljuq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Tatar: Сәлҗүк (Sälcük) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Turkish: Selçuk — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Ottoman Turkish: سلجوق (Selcuk) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Urdu: سلجوق (Saljūq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Uyghur: سەلجۇق (seljuq) — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Uzbek: Saljuq — The founder of the Seljuk dynasty
• Arabic: سَلْجُوقِيّ (saljūqiyy) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Arabic: سَلْجُوقِيَّة (saljūqiyya) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Armenian: սելջուկ (selǰuk) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Azerbaijani: səlcuqi — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Catalan: seljúcida — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Esperanto: selĝuko — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• German: Seldschuke — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• German: Seldschukin — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Italian: selgiuchide — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Kazakh: салжұқ (saljūq) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Kazakh: селжүк (seljük) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Lithuanian: Seldžiukidas — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Marathi: सलजूक (saljūk) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Persian: سلجوقی (Saljuqi) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Russian: сельджук (selʹdžuk) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Spanish: selyúcida — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Tajik: салҷуқӣ (saljuqi) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Ottoman Turkish: سلجوقی (Selcuki) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Uyghur: سەلجۇقىي (seljuqiy) — A member of the Seljuk dynasty
• Uzbek: saljuqiy — A member of the Seljuk dynasty