Turkey

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Turkey

  2. A country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara
    Synonyms: (official, uncommon) Türkiye, (uncommon) Turkiye, Republic of Turkey
  3. (historical, now sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Ottoman Empire, a former empire in Europe, Asia, Africa. Capital: Istanbul.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 土雞 / 土鸡 (tǔjī) (phono-semantic matching)
  • → Hindi: तुर्की (turkī) (phono-semantic matching)
  • → Korean: 터키 (Teoki)
  • → Manx: Turkee
  • → Urdu: تُرْکی (turkī) (phono-semantic matching)

Translations

Noun

Turkey (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”).
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of Turkey blue (“a deep indigo dye or its color”).

Adjective

Turkey (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”).
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of Turkey blue (“dyed or colored Turkey blue”).

See also

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