turka

See also: turkā

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

turka (accusative singular turkan, plural turkaj, accusative plural turkajn)

  1. Turkish

Faroese

Etymology 1

Verb

turka (third person singular past indicative turkaði, third person plural past indicative turkaðu, supine turkað)

  1. to dry
  2. to wipe, to mop
Conjugation
Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine turkað
present past
first singular turki turkaði
second singular turkar turkaði
third singular turkar turkaði
plural turka turkaðu
participle (a6)1 turkandi turkaður
imperative
singular turka!
plural turkið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

Verb

turka (third person singular past indicative turkaði, third person plural past indicative turkaðu, supine turkað)

  1. to swear, to curse
Conjugation
Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine turkað
present past
first singular turki turkaði
second singular turkar turkaði
third singular turkar turkaði
plural turka turkaðu
participle (a6)1 turkandi turkaður
imperative
singular turka!
plural turkið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Ladino

Pronunciation

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Adjective

turka

  1. feminine singular of turko
    • 2003, Sefárdica[1], numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:
      La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.
      The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

turka f

  1. female equivalent of turko
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[2], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 276:
      I ala onze [6 AM], ala turka, vinyeron en grande akompanyamyento delos askyeres turkos adelantre i detras, kompanyas de soldados de kada nasyon ke fueron dezbarkados delas naves, djunto todos los viche-amirales i komandantes, i ofisyeres de kada nave ke se topo en muestro porto.
      And at eleven [6 A.M.], a great escort of Turkish soldiers came ahead of and behind the Turk; companies of soldiers from every nation disembarked from the ships, together with all the vice-admirals, commanders, and officers from every ship found in our port.

Latvian

Noun

turka m

  1. genitive singular of turks

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

turka (present tense turkar, past tense turka, past participle turka, passive infinitive turkast, present participle turkande, imperative turka/turk)

  1. alternative form of tørke