Turk

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• General-American: /tɝk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɜːk/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k
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• CMU ARPABET: T ER1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Turk — a person from Turkey
• Albanian: turk — a person from Turkey
• Albanian: turkeshë — a person from Turkey
• Southern Altai: тӱрк (türk) — a person from Turkey
• Arabic: تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy) — a person from Turkey
• Arabic: تُرْكِيَّة (turkiyya) — a person from Turkey
• Armenian: թուրք (tʻurkʻ) — a person from Turkey
• Aromanian: turcu — a person from Turkey
• Asturian: turcu — a person from Turkey
• Asturian: turca — a person from Turkey
• Azerbaijani: türk — a person from Turkey
• Bashkir: төрөк (török) — a person from Turkey
• Belarusian: ту́рак (túrak) — a person from Turkey
• Belarusian: турча́нка (turčánka) — a person from Turkey
• Bengali: তুর্কি (turki) — a person from Turkey
• Bulgarian: ту́рчин (túrčin) — a person from Turkey
• Bulgarian: турки́ня (turkínja) — a person from Turkey
• Catalan: turc — a person from Turkey
• Catalan: turca — a person from Turkey
• Cherokee: ᎠᎬᎾ (agvna) — a person from Turkey
• Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其人 (Tǔ'ěrqírén) — a person from Turkey
• Coptic: ⲧⲟⲩⲝ (touks) — a person from Turkey
• Czech: Turek — a person from Turkey
• Czech: Turkyně — a person from Turkey
• Danish: tyrk — a person from Turkey
• Danish: tyrker — a person from Turkey
• Dutch: Turk — a person from Turkey
• Dutch: Turkse — a person from Turkey
• Esperanto: turko — a person from Turkey
• Esperanto: turkino — a person from Turkey
• Estonian: türklane — a person from Turkey
• Faroese: turkur — a person from Turkey
• Finnish: turkkilainen — a person from Turkey
• French: Turc — a person from Turkey
• French: Turque — a person from Turkey
• Galician: turco — a person from Turkey
• Galician: turca — a person from Turkey
• Georgian: თურქი (turki) — a person from Turkey
• German: Türke — a person from Turkey
• German: Türkin — a person from Turkey
• Greek: Τούρκος (Toúrkos) — a person from Turkey
• Greek: Τουρκάλα (Tourkála) — a person from Turkey
• Ancient Greek: Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) — a person from Turkey
• Hebrew: טוּרְקִי (turkí) — a person from Turkey
• Hebrew: טוּרְקִית (turkít) — a person from Turkey
• Hindi: तुर्क (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Hindi: तुर्की (turkī) — a person from Turkey
• Hungarian: török — a person from Turkey
• Icelandic: Tyrki — a person from Turkey
• Indonesian: orang Turki — a person from Turkey
• Irish: Turcach — a person from Turkey
• Italian: turco — a person from Turkey
• Italian: turca — a person from Turkey
• Japanese: トルコ人 (torukojin) — a person from Turkey
• Kalmyk: түрг (türg) — a person from Turkey
• Kannada: ತುರುಕ (turuka) — a person from Turkey
• Kazakh: түрік (türık) — a person from Turkey
• Korean: 튀르키예인 (twireukiyein) — a person from Turkey
• Korean: 터키인 (teokiin) — a person from Turkey
• Korean: 튀르키예 사람 (twireukiye saram) — a person from Turkey
• Korean: 터키 사람 (teoki saram) — a person from Turkey
• Northern Kurdish: tirk — a person from Turkey
• Northern Kurdish: turk — a person from Turkey
• Kyrgyz: түрк (türk) — a person from Turkey
• Latin: Turcus — a person from Turkey
• Latin: turcicus — a person from Turkey
• Latvian: turks — a person from Turkey
• Latvian: turciete — a person from Turkey
• Lithuanian: turkas — a person from Turkey
• Lithuanian: turkė — a person from Turkey
• Macedonian: Турчин (Turčin) — a person from Turkey
• Macedonian: Турчинка (Turčinka) — a person from Turkey
• Malay: orang Turki — a person from Turkey
• Manx: Turkagh — a person from Turkey
• Mingrelian: თურქი (turki) — a person from Turkey
• Mingrelian: თანთარი (tantari) — a person from Turkey
• Mongolian: турк (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Norwegian Bokmål: tyrker — a person from Turkey
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tyrk — a person from Turkey
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tyrkar — a person from Turkey
• Pashto: ترک (tork) — a person from Turkey
• Dari: تُرْک (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Iranian Persian: تُرْک (tork) — a person from Turkey
• Polish: Turek — a person from Turkey
• Polish: Turczynka — a person from Turkey
• Portuguese: turco — a person from Turkey
• Portuguese: turca — a person from Turkey
• Romanian: turc — a person from Turkey
• Romanian: turcoaică — a person from Turkey
• Romanian: turcă — a person from Turkey
• Russian: ту́рок (túrok) — a person from Turkey
• Russian: турча́нка (turčánka) — a person from Turkey
• Serbo-Croatian: Ту̀рчӣн — a person from Turkey
• Serbo-Croatian: Ту̏ркиња — a person from Turkey
• Serbo-Croatian: Tùrčīn — a person from Turkey
• Serbo-Croatian: Tȕrkinja — a person from Turkey
• Slovak: Turek — a person from Turkey
• Slovak: Turkyňa — a person from Turkey
• Slovene: Túrek — a person from Turkey
• Slovene: Túrkinja — a person from Turkey
• Spanish: turco — a person from Turkey
• Spanish: turca — a person from Turkey
• Swahili: Mturuki — a person from Turkey
• Swedish: turk — a person from Turkey
• Tajik: турк (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Tatar: төрек (törek) — a person from Turkey
• Thai: คนตุรกี (kon dtù-rá-gii) — a person from Turkey
• Turkish: Türk — a person from Turkey
• Ottoman Turkish: تركی (türkî) — a person from Turkey
• Ottoman Turkish: ترك (türk) — a person from Turkey
• Ottoman Turkish: تورك (türk) — a person from Turkey
• Turkmen: Türk — a person from Turkey
• Tuvan: турк (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Ukrainian: ту́рок (túrok) — a person from Turkey
• Ukrainian: турча́нка (turčánka) — a person from Turkey
• Urdu: تُرْک (turk) — a person from Turkey
• Uyghur: تۈرك (türk) — a person from Turkey
• Uzbek: turk — a person from Turkey
• Vietnamese: người Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ — a person from Turkey
• Yakut: турок (turok) — a person from Turkey
• Yakut: туурак (tuurak) — a person from Turkey
• Yiddish: טערק (terk) — a person from Turkey
• Armenian: թյուրք (tʻyurkʻ) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Bengali: তুর্কি (turki) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Buryat: тюрк (tjurk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Chinese Mandarin: 突厥人 (Tūjuérén) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Finnish: turkinsukuinen — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Hindi: तुर्क (turk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Hindi: तुर्की (turkī) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Hungarian: türk — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Kalmyk: тюрк (tyurk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 투르크인 (tureukeu'in) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 튀르크인 (twireukeu'in) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 돌궐인 (dolgworin) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 투르크 사람 (tureukeu saram) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 튀르크 사람 (twireukeu saram) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Korean: 돌궐 사람 (dolgwol saram) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Mongolian: түрэг (türeg) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Romanian: turc — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Russian: тюрк (tjurk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Spanish: turco — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Turkish: Türk — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Ottoman Turkish: تركی (türkî) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Tuvan: түрк (türk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Yakut: түүр (tüür) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Yakut: тюрк (turk) — a speaker of the various Turkic languages
• Armenian: թուրք (tʻurkʻ) — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Armenian: բարբարոս (barbaros) — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Finnish: barbaari — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Finnish: raakalainen — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Hungarian: barbár — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Hungarian: vandál — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Portuguese: bárbaro — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Portuguese: selvagem — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Romanian: barbar — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Romanian: vandal — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Russian: ва́рвар (várvar) — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Russian: ванда́л (vandál) — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Serbo-Croatian: barbar — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Serbo-Croatian: varvarin — bloodthirsty and savage person
• Serbo-Croatian: vandal — bloodthirsty and savage person