تركی

See also: تركي and ترکی

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, ترك (türk, Turk) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyrˈkiː/

Adjective

تركی • (türkī)

  1. Turkic, Turk, of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages

Proper noun

تركی • (türkī)

  1. Turkic, the large language family spoken by Turkic people
  2. Turk, a person or speaker of the various Turkic languages
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: türkü, türki
  • Gagauz: türkü
  • Ottoman Turkish: تركی (türkî)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “türkî”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 672

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

تركی • (terki)

  1. inflection of ترك (terk):
    1. definite accusative singular
    2. third-person plural singular

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

تركی • (teregi)

  1. inflection of ترك (terek, plate):
    1. definite accusative singular
    2. third-person plural singular

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تركو (terkü), from Proto-Turkic *terkü (saddle strap).[1]

Noun

تركی • (terki)

  1. saddle straps, game straps, anything strapped to the back of a saddle to carry packages or dead games
Derived terms
  • تركی باغی (terki bağı, cloak-strap behind a saddle)
  • تركی هكبه‌سی (terki heybesi, haversack)
  • تركی یری (terki yeri, place behind a saddle)
Descendants
  • Turkish: terki
  • Armenian: թէրքի (tʻērkʻi), թա̈րքի (tʻärkʻi)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish تركی (türkī). By surface analysis, ترك (türk, Turk) +‎ ـی (, nisba suffix).

Adjective

تركی • (türkî)

  1. Turkic, Turk, of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages
Derived terms
  • تركیجه (türkice, according to Turkic custom)
  • لسان تركی (lisan-ı türkî, Turkic language)
Descendants

Proper noun

تركی • (türkî)

  1. Turkic, the large language family spoken by Turkic people
    جغتای تركیسیCağatay TürkîsiChaghatay Turkic
  2. Turk, a person or speaker of the various Turkic languages
Descendants

Noun

تركی • (türkî or türkü)

  1. folk song, a song, especially a Turkish one, originating among common people and handed down by oral tradition
Derived terms
  • تركی باغلامق (türkü bağlamak, to sing a song)
  • تركی سویلمك (türkü söylemek, to sing a song)
  • تركی چاغرمق (türkü çağırmak, to sing a song)
Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*terkü”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill