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Turkification

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Making something more Turkic; assimilation (of a place, people etc) into a Turkic states or culture; introduction of Turks to an institution etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turkicization

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Turk + -ification.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թրքացում (tʻrkʻacʻum) — Turkification
  • Azerbaijani: türkləşdirmə — Turkification
  • Azerbaijani: türkləşdirilmə — Turkification
  • Azerbaijani: türkləşmə — Turkification
  • Belarusian: атурэчванне (aturečvannje) — Turkification
  • Bulgarian: турцизация (turcizacija) — Turkification
  • Bulgarian: турчеене (turčeene) — Turkification
  • Danish: tyrkificering — Turkification
  • French: turquisation — Turkification
  • French: turcisation — Turkification
  • French: turquification — Turkification
  • French: turcification — Turkification
  • German: Türkisierung — Turkification
  • Greek: εκτουρκισμός (ektourkismós) — Turkification
  • Kazakh: түріктендіру (türıktendıru) — Turkification
  • Kyrgyz: түрктөштүрмө (türktöştürmö) — Turkification
  • Polish: turkizacja — Turkification
  • Portuguese: turquificação — Turkification
  • Russian: тюркиза́ция (tjurkizácija) — Turkification
  • Serbo-Croatian: turkizacija — Turkification
  • Serbo-Croatian: turkifikacija — Turkification
  • Turkish: Türkleştirme — Turkification
  • Ukrainian: тюркиза́ція (tjurkyzácija) — Turkification
  • Ukrainian: оту́рчення (otúrčennja) — Turkification
  • Ukrainian: отуре́чення (oturéčennja) — Turkification
  • Uyghur: تۈركلىشىش (türklishish) — Turkification