Turkish

SayTUR-kish/ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/UK/ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/

4 meanings of Turkish

1
adjective
Coming from or belonging to Turkey, its people, or its language.
She cooked a Turkish meal for her guests.
We explored several Turkish towns by train.
2
proper noun
The main language spoken in Turkey and parts of Cyprus.
She is learning Turkish at evening classes.
He ordered the meal in fluent Turkish.
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3
adjective
Belonging to the wider group of Turkic peoples and languages, not only those of Turkey.
The Turkish languages are spoken from the Balkans to Siberia.
Many Turkish peoples once lived as nomads on the steppe.
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4
proper noun
Another name for the whole family of Turkic languages.
Linguists once placed Kazakh and Uzbek within Turkish.
Across the steppe, Turkish includes Kazakh, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.
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This comes from 'Turk' plus the ending '-ish'. It shares an origin with 'turquoise'.