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turk

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See also: türk, Turk, Túrk, Türk, and Turk.

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ترك (Türk) (modern Turkish Türk).

Noun

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turk m (plural turq, definite turku, definite plural turqit) (feminine equivalent turke)

  1. Turk
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Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic تُرْك (turk).

Noun

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turk pl

  1. Turks

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 174

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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turk

  1. imperative of turke

Swedish

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Noun

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turk c

  1. a Turk; person from Turkey
  2. a Turkish bath
    Synonym: turkiskt bad
  3. (slang, dated, ethnic slur, derogatory) a dark-haired or dark-skinned immigrant, regardless of country of origin

Usage notes

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More common in the 1990s and earlier in (sense 3). Still occasionally used in this sense in compounds, for example "turkaffär" or "turklivs" (store run by immigrants, who could also be Syrians, for example – often offers a different range of items compared to other stores).

Declension

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Declension of turk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite turk turks
definite turken turkens
plural indefinite turkar turkars
definite turkarna turkarnas

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References

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Anagrams

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Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic турк
Latin turk
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /tuɾk/

Noun

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turk (plural turklar)

  1. Turk (person)

Declension

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* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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turk (comparative turkroq, superlative eng turk)

  1. Turkish
    turk tili
    the Turkish language