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Turkic

Turkic

9.9
A group of related languages spoken in Central and Western Asia, like Turkish and Uzbek
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrkɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : turco
  • Lady Ukhova sniffed, saying, "Here is one who won't be missed"—adding something unintelligible in Turkic.

Examples

  • The Turkic languages include Turkish, Uzbek, and Kazakh, each spoken by millions across central Asia.

  • I did the Germ into Turkic and comrade Ossinsky did the Russian into German.

    Reds (1981)

  • The triangles are the Mandans, the red areas are the Turkmen people who speak a Turkic language.

  • Interestingly, the word for horse in Hungarian is of Ugrian origin, not Turkic, and yes, there are some Turkic words in Hungarian, and most of them relate to animal husbandry. Somebody said 9%; I think that is too high.

    Blog text (24)

  • Linguists have identified several features that are common among the Turkic languages.

  • She studied the Turkic language family to better understand the culture of the region.

Synonyms

Turki
vsTurkic
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A group of languages that people in Central Asia speak, like Turkish

has the same meaning but is an alternative name

Compounds

Turkic language
  • Specialized
8.4

A language like Turkish or Uzbek that people speak in Central Asia and nearby regions

Surface Forms

Turkic singular
Turkics plural

Morphology

Turkic = Turk (transparent) = Turk + ic

The noun sense names the language family by the adjective 'Turkic' (Turk + -ic) used nominally; the relationship to 'Turk' is straightforward.

Etymology

Turkic as a noun names the family of languages of the Turk peoples and shares the same root as Turkish, a language many people know. So Turkic refers to the related languages like Turkish, Uzbek, and Kazakh.