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Turkologist

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples, including for example Turkish, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, and Karakalpak.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Turkology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Turkologist From Turkology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թուրքագետ (tʻurkʻaget) — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Azerbaijani: türkşünas — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Azerbaijani: türkoloq — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • French: turcologue — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Kazakh: түркітанушы (türkıtanuşy) — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Persian: ترکشناس (tork-šenâs) — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Polish: turkolog — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Russian: тюрко́лог (tjurkólog) — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples
  • Uzbek: turkiyshunos — scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples