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Turkism

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Turkish culture, religion and tradition.
  2. A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish.

Equivalents

Françaisturcisme
DeutschTurzismus
Русскийтюрки́зм
4 more languages
Българскитурцизъм
Polskiturcyzm

Examples

“Joseph's enthusiasm for promoting new German opera resulted in Mozart's The Escape from the Seraglio, the opera's jokey Turkism itself an indicator of the Ottomans' declining threat status.”

CEFR level

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