turk

See also: türk, Turk, Túrk, Türk, and Turk.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ترك (Türk) (modern Turkish Türk).

Noun

turk m (plural turq, definite turku, definite plural turqit) (feminine equivalent turke)

  1. Turk

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْك (turk).

Noun

turk pl

  1. Turks

References
  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 174

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

turk

  1. imperative of turke

Swedish

Noun

turk c

  1. a Turk; person from Turkey
  2. a Turkish bath
    Synonym: turkiskt bad
  3. (slang, dated, often derogatory) a dark-haired or dark-skinned immigrant, regardless of country of origin

Usage notes

More common in the 1990s and earlier in (sense 3). Still occasionally used in this sense in compounds, for example "turkaffär" or "turklivs" (store run by immigrants, who could also be Syrians, for example – often offers a different range of items compared to other stores).

Declension
Declension of turk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative turk turken turkar turkarna
Genitive turks turkens turkars turkarnas

See also

References

Anagrams

Uzbek
Other scripts
Cyrillic турк (turk)‍
Latin turk‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tuɾk/

Noun

turk (plural turklar)

  1. Turk (person)

Declension
Declension of turk
singular plural
nominative turk turklar
genitive turkning turklarning
dative turkka turklarga
definite accusative turkni turklarni
locative turkda turklarda
ablative turkdan turklardan

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

Derived terms

Adjective

turk (comparative turkroq, superlative eng turk)

  1. Turkish
    turk tili
    the Turkish language
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