تركی

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See also: تركي and ترکی

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *terkü (saddle strap)[1][2].

Noun[edit]

تركی (terki)

  1. saddle straps, game straps, anything strapped to the back of a saddle to carry packages or dead games
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Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: terki

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “térgü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 544
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*terkü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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Etymology 2[edit]

From ترك (türk, Turk) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Adjective[edit]

تركی (türkî)

  1. Turkic, Turk, of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
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Proper noun[edit]

تركی (türkî)

  1. Turkic, the large language family spoken by Turkic people
    جغتای تركیسیCağatay TürkîsiChaghatay Turkic
  2. Turk, a person or speaker of the various Turkic languages
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Noun[edit]

تركی (türkî or türkü)

  1. folk song, a song, especially a Turkish one, originating among common people and handed down by oral tradition
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