ترکی

See also: تركي, تركی, and بركي

Persian

Etymology

From تُرْک (tork, “Turk”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? turkī
Dari reading? turkī
Iranian reading? torki
Tajik reading? turki

Adjective

Dari ترکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik туркӣ

تُرْکی • (torki)

  1. Turkic or Turkish

Proper noun

Dari ترکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik туркӣ

تُرْکی • (torki)

  1. Turkic (language)

Derived terms

  • زبان ترکی استانبولی (zabân-e torki-ye estânbuli)
  • زبان‌های ترکی (zabân-hâ-ye torki)

Descendants

  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: तुर्की (turkī)
    Urdu: تُرْکِی (turkī)

Urdu

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ʊɾ.kiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: تُرْ‧کی

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترکی (turkī). By surface analysis, ترک (turk) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Adjective

تُرْکِی • (turkī) (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. of or belonging to a Turk; Turkish, Turk-like
  2. a horse of Turkish breed

Noun

تُرْکِی • (turkī) f (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. the Turkish language
  2. Turk-like qualities or habits, oppression, haughtiness, insolence, etc. (see ترک (turk))
Derived terms
  • ترکی بہ ترکی (turkī ba-turkī, “insolence for insolence, etc.; tit for tat; a Rowland for an Oliver (e.g. جواب ترکی بہ ترکی دینا (jawāb turkī ba-turkī denā, “to answer insolence with insolence, to give tit for tat”)”)
  • ترکی تمام ہونا (turkī tamām honā (-kī), “one's pride or haughtiness to come to an end; to be humbled or abased; to be undone or ruined; to be all over (with)”)
  • ترک (turk, “Turk”)
  • ترکی زبان (turkī-zubān, “the Turkish language”)

References

  • “ترکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ترکي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “ترکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

Proper noun

تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey
    Synonyms: ترکیہ (turkiyah), ترکیے (turkīye)
Usage notes

ترکی (turkī) is the most common way to refer to the Republic of Turkey. However, the Government of Pakistan has started using تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya) more frequently upon the change of the official English name to the Republic of Türkiye, with an alternative spelling of ترکیے (turkīye).

See also

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