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Turkic

//ˈtɝkɪk// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.
  2. 2
    Any branch of that family.

    "[...] (3) the southeastern (se) branch or Uyghur Turkic; (4) the northeastern (ne) branch or Siberian Turkic; (5) Chuvash, representing Oghur or Bulghar Turkic; [...]"

  3. 3
    Any language of that family.
Noun
  1. 1
    a subfamily of Altaic languages wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

Etymology 2

Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.

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