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Maltese
Etymology
Influenced by Italian turco, but the word as such was inherited from Arabic تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy). The more original form still in the place name Għar it-Torkija (literally “cave of the Turkish woman”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Tork (feminine singular Torka, plural Torok or Torki)
- Turkish
Dalgħodu tkellimt ma’ żewġ turisti Torok.- This morning I spoke with two Turkish tourists.
- (historical) Ottoman
- (dated, sometimes offensive) non-Christian or not properly Christian; impious; not (yet) baptised
It-tifel għadu Tork.- The child hasn’t been baptised yet.
- (literally, “The child is still Turkish.”)
- (dated, sometimes offensive) dark-skinned, negroid