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Turkish

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɜː.kɪʃ

Definitions

  1. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  2. Rare spelling of Turkish.
    alt-of, rare
  3. The official language of Turkey, Republic of Cyprus (alongside Greek) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
  4. Synonym of Turkic
  5. Synonym of Turkic.
  6. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan dilitürk
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বাংলাতুর্কি
Catalàturc
Dansktyrkisk
Esperantoturka
Euskaraturkiera
فارسیترکی
हिन्दीतुर्की
Magyartörök
Bahasa IndonesiaTurki
Italianoturco
ქართულითურქული
Қазақ тілітүрік
ភាសាខ្មែរតួកគីទួរគី
ಕನ್ನಡತುರುಕ
Кыргызчатүрктүркчө
Latinaturcicus
Lietuviųturkiškas
Македонскитурски
МонголТурк
Bahasa MelayuTurki
MaltiTork
မြန်မာတူရကီ
NederlandsTurks
Polskiturecki
Portuguêsturco
Русскийтурецкий
Slovenčinaturečtina
Slovenščinaturščinaturški
Shqipturk
Українськатурецький
اردوترکی
O'zbekchaturkturkcha

Examples

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.”
“(Publ. ITU, Mining Journal, Vol. 4, Nr. 5, - in Türkish) / Ketin, I. - On the North Anatolian Fault Line (Bull. Mineral Res. and Expl. Inst. of Turkey, Nr. 72 - in Türkish).”
Numerous versions of this epic have been written in Mongol, Türkish, Lepcha, Burushaski, etc.”
Baba, A. and Tokgöz, S. (1999) Impact of Izmir Harmandalı Sanitary Landfill Area on Surface Water and Groundwater (in Türkish), Izmir Su Kongresi, Izmir, pp. 263-275.”
“S. Yaman, “Bayindir Fluorit Filonlarinin Termo-Optik Analizi,” Yerbilimleri 11, 23–33 (1984) [in Türkish].”
““Qazan Türkleri” [Kazan Türks] (in Türkish, Arabic script).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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