Rumtürkisch

See also: rumtürkisch

German

Alternative forms

  • Rūmtürkisch, Rūm-Türkisch, Rûm-Türkisch

Etymology

Coined by Austrian orientalist Paul Wittek in 1939, calque of Ottoman Turkish لسان ترك رومی (lisan-ı Türk-i Rumi, literally language of the Byzantine Turks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈruːmˌtʏrkɪʃ], [ˈruːmˌtʏɐ̯kɪʃ], [ˈʁuːmˌtʏʁkɪʃ], [ˈʁuːmˌtʏɐ̯kɪʃ]

Proper noun

Rumtürkisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Rumtürkisch or Rumtürkischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Rumtürkische, alternative genitive Rumtürkischen, no plural)

  1. (rare) Ottoman Turkish

Declension