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Middle English
Etymology
Compare English turquoise.
Adjective
Turkeis
- Turkish
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2894-2895:
[...] Another his spere up in his hondes heeld;
The thridde bar with him his bowe Turkeys, [...]- Another held his spear upright in his hands;
The third carried with him his Turkish bow,
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