Turek

See also: turek and turėk

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturɛk]

Noun

Turek m anim (female equivalent Turkyně)

1. Turk (person)

Declension

Declension of Turek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Turek	Turci
genitive	Turka	Turků
dative	Turkovi, Turku	Turkům
accusative	Turka	Turky
vocative	Turku	Turci
locative	Turkovi, Turku	Turcích
instrumental	Turkem	Turky

Proper noun

Turek m anim (female equivalent Turková)

1. a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Declension

Declension of Turek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Turek	Turkové
genitive	Turka	Turků
dative	Turkovi	Turkům
accusative	Turka	Turky
vocative	Turku	Turkové
locative	Turkovi	Turcích
instrumental	Turkem	Turky

Related terms

• Turecko
• turecký
• turečtina
• turkický
• Turkyně

Further reading

• “Turek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Turek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Turek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Turek (#2.1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.rɛk/

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• Rhymes: -urɛk
• Syllabification: Tu‧rek
• Homophone: turek

Etymology 1

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Noun

Turek m pers (female equivalent Turczynka, related adjective turkijski)

1. Turk (person from Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Turek

	singular	plural
nominative	Turek	Turcy/Turkowie/Turki (deprecative)
genitive	Turka	Turków
dative	Turkowi	Turkom
accusative	Turka	Turków
instrumental	Turkiem	Turkami
locative	Turku	Turkach
vocative	Turku	Turcy/Turkowie/Turki (deprecative)

Related terms

adjective

• turecki

noun

• Turcja

Etymology 2

From tur +‎ -ek.

Proper noun

Turek m inan (related adjective turecki or turkowski)

1. Turek (a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
2. Turek (a village in the Gmina of Jakubów, Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
3. Turek (a village in the Gmina of Poświętne, Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland)
4. Turek (a village in the Gmina of Środa Wielkopolska, Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Turek

	singular
nominative	Turek
genitive	Turka
dative	Turkowi
accusative	Turek
instrumental	Turkiem
locative	Turku
vocative	Turku

Related terms

nouns

• turczanin
• turczanka

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Turek m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Turek

	singular	plural
nominative	Turek	Turkowie
genitive	Turka	Turków
dative	Turkowi	Turkom
accusative	Turka	Turków
instrumental	Turkiem	Turkami
locative	Turku	Turkach
vocative	Turku	Turkowie

Proper noun

Turek f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• Turek I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Turek II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Turek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Turek in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Turek”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturek]

Noun

Turek m pers (female equivalent Turkyňa)

1. Turk (person)

Declension

Declension of Turek

	singular	plural
nominative	Turek	Turci
genitive	Turka	Turkov
dative	Turkovi	Turkom
accusative	Turka	Turkov
locative	Turkovi	Turkoch
instrumental	Turkom	Turkami

Proper noun

Turek m pers (female equivalent Tureková)

1. a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Related terms

• Turecko
• turecký
• turečtina
• turkický

Further reading

• “Turek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tùːrək/

Noun

Túrək m anim (female equivalent Túrkinja)

1. Turk (male person)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Túrek
gen. sing.	Túrka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Túrek	Túrka	Túrki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Túrka	Túrkov	Túrkov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Túrku	Túrkoma	Túrkom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Túrka	Túrka	Túrke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Túrku	Túrkih	Túrkih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Túrkom	Túrkoma	Túrki

Related terms

• Tȗrčija
• túrški
• túrščina

Further reading

• “Turek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025