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Turkology

noun · 1 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: /tɝkˈɑləd͡ʒi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɜːkˈɒləd͡ʒi/
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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the languages, history or culture of Turkic peoples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Turk + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: türkşünaslıq — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Bashkir: төркиәт (törkiət) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突厥學 /突厥学 (tūjuéxué) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Dutch: Turkologie — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Finnish: turkologia — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • French: turcologie — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • German: Turkologie — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Italian: turcologia — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Japanese: トルコ学 (torukogaku) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Kazakh: түркітану (türkıtanu) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Kyrgyz: түркология (türkologiya) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Mongolian: түрэг судлал (türeg sudlal) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Persian: ترکشناسی (tork-šenâsi) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Polish: turkologia — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Portuguese: turcologia — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Russian: тюрколо́гия (tjurkológija) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Turkish: Türkoloji — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Turkish: Türklükbilimi — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Urdu: ترک شناسی (turkśanāsī) — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Uzbek: turkiyshunoslik — discipline studying Turkic peoples
  • Uzbek: turkologiya — discipline studying Turkic peoples