Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turkic

/ˈtɝkɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
tur-kic
IPA
/ˈtɝkɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

name

The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.

name

Any branch of that family.

name

Any language of that family.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈtɝkɪk/
  • British English: /ˈtɜːkɪk/

Inflected Forms

Turcic (alternative) Türkic (alternative, rare)

Derived Forms

Turkicization Turkicize Turkicness Turkicist

Phrases

Ajami Turkic Anatolian Turkic Azerbaijani Turkic Azeri Turkic Common Turkic Khorasani Turkic Old Anatolian Turkic Old Turkic

Synonyms

Turk Turkish turki turko-tatar turkic language

Questions

How do you pronounce turkic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɝkɪk/.
What does turkic mean?
Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.
Where does turkic come from?
Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

How to pronounce turkic

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