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Turki

Turki

1 9.9
A person who speaks a language like Turkish, often from Central Asia
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : turco
  • Prince Turki
  • Turki Al Faisal
  • Al-Turki

Examples

  • The head of the Supreme Audit Board, Abdul-Basit Turki, has replaced Shibibi on a temporary basis.

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  • Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal was quoted in the Wall Street Journal saying that "Iran is very vulnerable in the oil sector, and it is there that more could be done to squeeze the current government."

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  • Interim Chairman of the Central Bank of Iraq Abdul Basit Turki said last month: "There are approximately one billion U.S. dollars leaving Iraq a week, although 80% of it is through false documents to hide the goals of truth for conversion."

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  • The cabinet voted almost unanimously after obtaining these developments, the prime one being the largest independent regulatory institution and other related House of Representatives, Dr. Abdul Basit Turki, Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit.

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  • The Cabinet decided to assign Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit Abdul Basit Turki to the Department of the Central Bank of Iraq to succeed former Governor Sinan al-Shabibi.

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  • Prince Turki was known as a prominent leader among the Turki people in Central Asia.

  • Many Turki tribes have rich cultural traditions that date back centuries.

  • The Turki language is spoken by millions across different countries in Central Asia.

Compounds

Eastern Turki
  • Archaic
9.9

A Turkic literary language people used for books and poems in Central Asia in the Middle Ages

A medieval written Turkic language from Central Asia used in regions once ruled by a son of Genghis Khan

Surface Forms

Turki singular
Turkis plural

Etymology

Turki comes from the name Türk, the old name for the Turkic people, so Turki can mean a person 'of the Turks'. In this sense, a Turki is someone from the Turkic peoples who live across Central Asia, much like the word Turkish shows a person's group or origin.