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Turkic

  • /ˈtɝkɪk/ US
  • /ˈtɜːkɪk/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kɪk

Where it comes from

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

adjective Turcic · Türkic

  1. not comparable Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

    Similar: Turk

proper noun Turcic · Türkic

  1. The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.

    Similar: Turkish

  2. Any branch of that family. [...] (3) the southeastern (se) branch or Uyghur Turkic; (4) the northeastern (ne) branch or Siberian Turkic; (5) Chuvash, representing Oghur or Bulghar Turkic; [...]

    Similar: Turkish

  3. Any language of that family.

    Similar: Turkish

Translations

Every language

adj of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages

Españoltúrquico, túrcico
한국어튀르크 twireukeu, 돌궐 dolgwol
日本語チュルク churuku, 突厥 tokketsu
中文突厥 tūjué, tújué
हिन्दीतुर्की turkī
Françaisturc, turcique
Deutschturkisch, Turk-, turksprachlich
Italianoturco
Ελληνικάτουρκικός tourkikós
Русскийтю́ркский tjúrkskij
Tiếng ViệtĐột Quyết
العربيةتُرْكِيّ turkiyy

name branch

Españoltúrquico, túrcico

name language

Españoltúrquico, túrcico
हिन्दीतुरुष्क turuṣk
DeutschTurksprachen

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@misc{turkic_2026,
  title = {Turkic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turkic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}