Turk
A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languagesA person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages.
» No, I'm not a German, I'm a Turk.
Нет, я не немец, я турок. — Ooneykcall
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9 sensesA person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages.
тюркtjurk
A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to Anatolia (which comprises the bulk of their modern nation-state of Türkiye).
A Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).
A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
A person from Llanelli, Wales.
Türke, Türkin
ту́рокtúrok, турча́нкаturčánka
ту́рокtúrok, турча́нкаturčánka
A Turkish horse.
The plum curculio.
(obsolete)A Muslim.
(archaic)A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian.
ва́рварvárvar, ванда́лvandál
- a native or inhabitant of Turkey
Examples
10 sentencesNo, I'm not a German, I'm a Turk.
ruНет, я не немец, я турок. — Ooneykcall
I am a Turk and I love my country.
Whenever I look at Tatoeba, that Turk is at work.
I come from Turkey. I'm a Turk, and I speak Turkish.
Tom is a Turk.
ruТом — турок. — Wezel
deTom ist Türke. — Luiaard
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from ByFrom Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.
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