Turkism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Turkish culture, religion and tradition. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish. countable, uncountable

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"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."

Etymology

From Turk + -ism. Compare earlier Turcism.

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