a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc, members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia
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Tur•kic
(tûr′kik),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Language Varietiesa family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut.
adj.
- of or pertaining to Turkic or Turkic-speaking peoples. Also called Turko-Tatar.
- Turkish + -ic 1855–60
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'Turkic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-ic
- Altai
- Altaic
- Azerbaijani
- Balkar
- Bashkir
- Cathay
- Caucasian
- Chagatai
- Chuvash
- Cossack
- Crimean Tatar
- Hun
- Kara-Kalpak
- Karachai
- Kazakh
- Khakass
- Kirghiz
- Komondor
- Kyrgyz
- Nogai
- Old Turkic
- Tamerlane
- Tatar
- Tungus
- Turco-
- Turk
- Turki
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Turko-Tatar
- Uygur
- Uzbek
- arshin
- artel
- ataman
- bahadur
- ban
- barchan
- beg
- begum
- bergamot
- bey
- caragana
- cassock
- horde
- khan
- kindjal
- kumiss
- kurgan