of, relating to, or characteristic of Turkey, its people, or their language
the official language of Turkey, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
See also Osmanli
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Turk•ish /ˈtɜrkɪʃ/USA pronunciation
adj. of or relating to the language spoken by many of the people in Turkey.
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- of or relating to Turkey.
n. [uncountable]
- the language spoken by many of the people in Turkey.
Turk•ish
(tûr′kish),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
Turk′ish•ly, adv.
Turk′ish•ness, n.
- Language Varieties, Place Namesof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or derived from Turkey or the Turks.
- Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the language of Turkey.
- Language Varieties(loosely) Turkic.
n.
- the Turkic language of Turkey. Abbr.: Turk
- Language Varieties(loosely) Turkic.
- Turkish + -ish1 1835–45
Turk′ish•ness, n.
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- Abdullah
- Alagez
- Alagöz
- Albania
- Ali Pasha
- Anatolian
- Antakya
- Antioch
- Aragats
- Asir
- Atatürk
- Bairam
- Barbarossa
- Bayar
- Bayezid II
- Bergamo
- Bitola
- Bitolj
- Bosnia
- Bozcaada
- Bulgaria
- Cilician Gates
- Cyprus
- Demirel
- Ecevit
- Enver Pasha
- Gallipoli
- Gaziantep
- Gelibolu
- Ghiordes
- Ghiordes knot
- Golden Horn
- Gülek Boǧaz
- Gürsel
- Herzegovina
- Holy Alliance
- Ida
- Janissary music
- Kazdaği
- Kemal Atatürk
- Latakia
- Lepanto
- Menderes
- Monastir
- aga
- agglutination
- agglutinative
- anti-Turkish
- bagnio