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Turkic

adj · name · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtɝkɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːkɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: T ER1 K IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turk

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turkish

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Any branch of that family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turkish

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Any language of that family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turkish

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a subfamily of Altaic languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turki, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Altaic, Altaic language

Narrower terms: Turkish, Turkmen, Turkoman, Turcoman, Azerbaijani, Kazak, Kazakh, Tatar, Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg, Uighur, Uigur, Uygur, Yakut, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz, Karakalpak, Chuvash, Chagatai, Jagatai, Jaghatai, Eastern Turki

History

Etymology

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Armenian: թյուրքական (tʻyurkʻakan) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Asturian: túrquicu — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Azerbaijani: türk — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Belarusian: цю́ркскі (cjúrkski) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Bengali: তুর্কী (turkī) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Bulgarian: тю́ркски (tjúrkski) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Catalan: turquès — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突厥 (tūjué, tújué) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Dutch: Turks — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Esperanto: tjurka — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Finnish: turkkilainen — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • French: turc — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • French: turcique — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Galician: turco — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • German: turkisch — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • German: Turk- — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • German: turksprachlich — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Greek: τουρκικός (tourkikós) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Hindi: तुर्की (turkī) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Hungarian: türk — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Hungarian: török — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Icelandic: tyrkískur — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Italian: turco — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Japanese: チュルク (churuku) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Japanese: 突厥 (tokketsu) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Kazakh: түркі (türkı) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Korean: 튀르크 (twireukeu) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Korean: 돌궐 (dolgwol) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Kyrgyz: түрки (türki) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Mongolian: түрэг (türeg) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠦ᠋ᠷᠦᠭ᠋ (türüg) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Persian: ترکی (torki) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Polish: turkijski — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Russian: тю́ркский (tjúrkskij) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̀ркӣјскӣ — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùrkījskī — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Spanish: túrquico — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Spanish: túrcico — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Swedish: turkisk — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Tajik: туркӣ (turki) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Tatar: төрки (törki) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Turkish: Türk — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Turkish: Türki — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Ottoman Turkish: تركی (türkî) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Turkmen: türki — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Ukrainian: тю́ркський (tjúrksʹkyj) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Uyghur: تۈركىي (türkiy) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Uzbek: turkiy — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Vietnamese: Đột Quyết — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Yakut: түүрүк (tüürük) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Yiddish: טורקיש (turkish) — of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
  • Hungarian: török — branch
  • Hungarian: türk — branch
  • Spanish: túrquico — branch
  • Spanish: túrcico — branch
  • Turkish: Türkçe — branch
  • German: Turksprachen — language
  • Hindi: तुरुष्क (turuṣk) — language
  • Hungarian: török — language
  • Hungarian: türk — language
  • Spanish: túrquico — language
  • Spanish: túrcico — language
  • Turkish: Türk dili — language
  • Turkish: Türki dil — language
  • Uyghur: تۈركىي تىل (türkiy til) — language
  • Uzbek: turkiy til — language
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