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English
Etymology
From Turk + -ism. Compare earlier Turcism.
Noun
Turkism (countable and uncountable, plural Turkisms)
- Turkish culture, religion and tradition.
2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 279:Joseph's enthusiasm for promoting new German opera resulted in Mozart's The Escape from the Seraglio, the opera's jokey Turkism itself an indicator of the Ottomans' declining threat status.
- (linguistics) A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish.
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Turkish culture, religion and tradition
word or idiom of the Turkish language
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