turkish
/ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.
Example Sentences
- "This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above all, Ottoman) is the Sanglakh of an obscure eighteenth-century compiler"
- "M.A. Òerbak considers Chaghatay Turkish a period of Uzbek."
- "[...] these works include stories of the battles the Turks fought against the Chinese, a variety of legends, and numerous specimens of verse (found mostly in Chinese translation) written in Uyghur Turkish."
- "And my uncle always shouted: “Uzbek Turkish is very close to our Turkish language!”"
- "It was Navai who through his poetry almost single-handedly turned his native Chaghatay Turkish into a literary language."
- "When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presided at the council, in state. Swayed a Turkish pipe instead of a scepter. Known to sit with eyes closed ...[…]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɝ.kɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈtɜː.kɪʃ/