# Turkish

Pronunciation: say "TUR-kish" US /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/, UK /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/

## Adjective

1. Relating to Turkey, originating from there, or belonging to the Turkish people or language.
   - Simple: Coming from or belonging to Turkey, its people, or its language.
   - _The festival showcased Turkish music and dance from across the country._
   - _Many Turkish students study abroad each year._
3. Relating to the broader group of Turkic peoples and languages, of which the language of Turkey is one member.
   - Simple: Belonging to the wider group of Turkic peoples and languages, not only those of Turkey.
   - _Comparative scholars traced shared roots across the Turkish languages of Central Asia._
   - _Nomadic herders spoke a Turkish tongue related to Uzbek and Kazakh._

## Proper noun

2. The official language of Turkey and, alongside Greek, of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
   - Simple: The main language spoken in Turkey and parts of Cyprus.
   - _The novel was translated from Turkish into twelve languages._
   - _Street signs across the city are printed in Turkish._
4. The Turkic language family taken as a whole, used as an alternative name for that grouping.
   - Simple: Another name for the whole family of Turkic languages.
   - _Linguists once grouped Yakut and Chuvash under Turkish._
   - _At its broadest, Turkish stretches from Anatolia to eastern Siberia._

## Origin

Formed from 'Turk' plus the suffix '-ish'. It is a doublet of 'turquoise'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/turkish (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).