ترکی

See also: تركي, تركی, and بركي

Persian

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ترکی

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Etymology

From (tork, “Turk”) +‎ (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.ˈkiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɾ.kʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊɾ.kʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuɾ.kʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoɹ.kʰʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuɾ.kʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	turkī
Dari reading^?	turkī
Iranian reading^?	torki
Tajik reading^?	turki

Adjective


Iranian Persian	ترکی
Dari	ترکی
Tajik	туркӣ

تُرْکی • (torki)

Turkic or Turkish

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	ترکی
Dari	ترکی
Tajik	туркӣ

تُرْکی • (torki)

Turkic (language)

Derived terms

زبان ترکی استانبولی (zabân-e torki-ye estânbuli)
زبان‌های ترکی (zabân-hâ-ye torki)

Related terms

ترک (tork)
ترکیه (torkiye)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तुर्की (turkī)

Urdu: تُرْکِی (turkī)

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊɾ.kiː/
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: تُرْ‧کی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian (turkī). By surface analysis, ترک (turk) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Adjective

تُرْکِی • (turkī) (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

of or belonging to a Turk; Turkish, Turk-like
a horse of Turkish breed

Noun

تُرْکِی • (turkī) f (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

ترکی زبان on Urdu Wikipedia

the Turkish language
Turk-like qualities or habits, oppression, haughtiness, insolence, etc. (see ترک (turk))

Derived terms

ترکی بہ ترکی (turkī ba-turkī, “insolence for insolence, etc.; tit for tat; a Rowland for an Oliver (e.g. جواب ترکی بہ ترکی دینا (jawāb turkī ba-turkī denā, “to answer insolence with insolence, to give tit for tat”)”)
ترکی تمام ہونا (turkī tamām honā (-kī), “one's pride or haughtiness to come to an end; to be humbled or abased; to be undone or ruined; to be all over (with)”)

Related terms

ترک (turk, “Turk”)
ترکی زبان (turkī-zubān, “the Turkish language”)

References

“ترکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884) “ترکي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
“ترکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Etymology 2

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

ترکی

ترکی

ترکی

اسرائیل

Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

Proper noun

تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey
Synonyms: ترکیہ (turkiyah), ترکیے (turkīye)

Usage notes

ترکی (turkī) is the most common way to refer to the Republic of Turkey. However, the Government of Pakistan has started using تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya) more frequently upon the change of the official English name to the Republic of Türkiye, with an alternative spelling of ترکیے (turkīye).

Related terms

جمہوریہ ترکی (jamhūriya-e-turkī, “Republic of Turkey”)