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Turkish

Turkish

144 2.7
Relating to Turkey, its people, or their language
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɜrkɪʃ/
translation icon : turco
  • The participants of the study included 277 5- to 6-year-old Turkish children and their parents.
  • the Turkish government
  • Turkish citizens
  • Turkish society

You all know I'm obsessed with this Turkish chef Susan Cezan.

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Examples

  • The tour ended with a tasting of Turkish honey and sweets.

  • Have you read that book about Turkish customs?

  • You know, the Turkish people are very proud of him right now.

  • And we're going to be going to get some Turkish pizza.

  • My father is played by a Turkish actor.

  • I went to a Turkish bath.

  • And now we're going to the Turkish Airline lounge.

  • Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix.

  • I saw the preparations for breakfast that invariably consisted of Turkish coffee and cold roast beef.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The tour ended with a tasting of Turkish honey and sweets.

Compounds

2 4.1

A hot steamy room where people relax, wash, and get a massage

A strong coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans, not filtered and often with sugar

A soft sweet candy made from jelly, often flavored with rose or lemon and dusted with sugar

A thick cloth from Turkey that dries your body after a bath

1 3.9

The official money used in Turkey

Turkish boxwood
  • Specialized
9.9

A very hard light yellow wood used for fine carving, inlays, and musical instruments

A state in the northern part of Cyprus that only Turkey recognizes

A large state the Ottomans ruled from the late 1200s to World War I

A violent Kurdish Sunni group in southeastern Turkey that tries to make a state under Islamic law

A state in northern Cyprus that declared independence and is recognized only by Turkey

A dark, strong-smelling tobacco from eastern Europe used in cigarettes and pipes

Surface Forms

Turkish positive

Morphology

Turkish = Turk (transparent) = Turk + ish

The adjective is the standard demonym/adjective formation from 'Turk' + '-ish', so the relation is clear and predictable.

Etymology

Turkish comes from the name Turk for the people of Turkey and the ending -ish meaning 'from' or 'related to', like in English. So Turkish describes something that comes from or belongs to Turkey, its people, or their language.