ترکی

See also: تركي‎, تركی‎, and بركي‎

Persian

Etymology

ترک‎ (tork) +‎ ـی‎ (-i)

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /tuɾˈki/

Adjective
Dari ترکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik туркӣ (turkī)

ترکی • (torki)

  1. Turkish

Noun
Dari ترکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik туркӣ (turkī)

ترکی • (torki)

  1. Turkish

Descendants
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: तुर्की (turkī)
    • Urdu: ترکی‎ (turkī)

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترکی‎ (turkī). By surface analysis, ترک‎ (turk) +‎ ـی‎ (-ī).

Adjective

تُرْکِی • (turkī) (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. of or belonging to a Turk; Turkish, Turk-like
  2. a horse of Turkish breed

Noun

تُرْکِی • (turkī) f (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. the Turkish language
  2. Turk-like qualities or habits, oppression, haughtiness, insolence, &c. (see ترک‎ (turk))
Derived terms
  • ترکی بہ ترکی‎ (turkī ba-turkī, “insolence for insolence, &c.; tit for tat; a Rowland for an Oliver (e.g. جواب ترکی بہ ترکی دینا‎ (jawāb turkī ba-turkī denā, “to answer insolence with insolence, to give tit for tat”)”)
  • ترکی تمام ہونا‎ (turkī tamām honā (-kī), “one's pride or haughtiness to come to an end; to be humbled or abased; to be undone or ruined; to be all over (with)”)
  • ترک‎ (turk, “Turk”)
  • ترکی زبان‎ (turkī-zubān, “the Turkish language”)

References
  • “ترکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “ترکي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “ترکی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

Proper noun

تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

  1. Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey
Usage notes

ترکی‎ (turkī) is the most common way to refer to the Republic of Turkey. However, the Government of Pakistan has started using ترکیہ‎ (turkīya/turkīye) more frequently upon the change of the official English name to the Republic of Türkiye, with an alternative spelling of ترکیے‎ (turkīye).

Alternative forms

See also
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