turk

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See also: türk, Turk, Túrk, Türk, and Turk.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ترك (Türk) (modern Turkish Türk).

Noun

turk m (plural turq, definite turku, definite plural turqit) (feminine equivalent turke)

  1. Turk

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْك (turk).

Noun

turk pl

  1. Turks

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 174

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

turk

  1. imperative of turke

Swedish

Noun

turk c

  1. a Turk; person from Turkey
  2. a Turkish bath
    Synonym: turkiskt bad
  4. (slang, dated, ethnic slur, derogatory) a dark-haired or dark-skinned immigrant, regardless of country of origin

Usage notes

More common in the 1990s and earlier in (sense 3). Still occasionally used in this sense in compounds, for example "turkaffär" or "turklivs" (store run by immigrants, who could also be Syrians, for example – often offers a different range of items compared to other stores).

Declension

Declension of turk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite turk turks
definite turken turkens
plural indefinite turkar turkars
definite turkarna turkarnas

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References

Anagrams

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic турк‍
Latin turk‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic .

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tuɾk/

Noun

turk (plural turklar)

  1. Turk (person)

Declension

Declension of turk
singular plural
nominative turk turklar
genitive turkning turklarning
dative turkka turklarga
definite accusative turkni turklarni
locative turkda turklarda
ablative turkdan turklardan
similative turkdek turklardek

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

Derived terms

Adjective

turk (comparative turkroq, superlative eng turk)

  1. Turkish
    turk tili
    the Turkish language
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