saljuq
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Seljuk, Seljuk Bey.
adj
Alternative form of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
Example Sentences
- "According to the Malik-Nāma, [...] the progenitor of the Saljuq family was one Duqaq, called Temür-Yalïgh ("iron-bow"). He and his son Saljuq served the "king of the Turks", i.e. the Yabghu, with Saljuq holding the important military office of Sü-Bashï."
- "But relations between the king and Saljuq did not remain cordial and Saljuq soon migrated to Jand, where he and his followers embraced Islam and expelled the governor of the "king of the Turks"."
- "After Duqāq's death his son Saljuq inherited his place."
- "The Qaramanlis inherited the kernel of the former Saljuq domain with its capital, Qoniyah [...]"
- "In this forceful yet exquisitely balanced interior, what Schroeder termed the muscularity of Saljuq architecture finds classic expression."
- "Other accounts maintain that the Saljuq family and its followers were allowed to live on the frontier of the huge Samanid amirate [...]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: سَلْجُوق, سلجوق