Τοῦρκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian [Term?] (twlk' /Turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtur.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtur.kos/
Noun
Τοῦρκος • (Toûrkos) m (genitive Τοῦρκου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Τοῦρκος ho Toûrkos |
τὼ Τούρκω tṑ Toúrkō |
οἱ Τοῦρκοι hoi Toûrkoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τούρκου toû Toúrkou |
τοῖν Τούρκοιν toîn Toúrkoin |
τῶν Τούρκων tôn Toúrkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τούρκῳ tōî Toúrkōi |
τοῖν Τούρκοιν toîn Toúrkoin |
τοῖς Τούρκοις toîs Toúrkois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τοῦρκον tòn Toûrkon |
τὼ Τούρκω tṑ Toúrkō |
τοὺς Τούρκους toùs Toúrkous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Τοῦρκε Toûrke |
Τούρκω Toúrkō |
Τοῦρκοι Toûrkoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Τουρκία (Tourkía)
- Τούρκικος (Toúrkikos)
References
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Τοῦρκος”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1066