Seljuq

English

Proper noun

Seljuq

1. (historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, Seljuk Bey.

Derived terms

• Seljuqian
• Seljuqid

 

Noun

Seljuq (plural Seljuqs)

1. (historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire.

Adjective

Seljuq (not comparable)

1. (historical) Alternative form of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
   • 2000 February 29, Stephen Vernoit, Discovering Islamic Art: Scholars, Collectors and Collections, 1850-1950, I.B. Tauris:

     These scholars seemed more oriented towards Seljuq than Ottoman studies in their research, and even the curricula at the universities emphasized the former. The Ottoman cultural heritage had been rejected at a very recent date, and  […]

   • 1936, Iranian Institute of America, Bulletin:

     […] (where four or five features of the layout are distinctly different), and on his theory that the guard stripes in which geometrical motifs dominate are carved than sculptural and more “Seljuq” than “Mongol” […]