Turki Definition

tûrkē
turkis
adjective
Designating or of the Turkic languages or the peoples that speak them, esp. those of the E or SE group, as Uighur or Uzbek.
Webster's New World
noun
The Turkic language subfamily, especially the eastern Turkic languages.
American Heritage
A member of a Turki-speaking people.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • turkic
  • Turkic language
  • Turko-Tatar

Origin of Turki

  • Persian turkī from Turk Turk from Turkish Türk Turk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Turki Sentence Examples

  • From it the Oxus, or Amu, flows off to the west, and the Jaxartes, or Syr, to the north, through the Turki state of Khokand, while to the east the waters run down past Kashgar to the central desert of the Gobi, uniting with the streams from the northern slope of the Tibetan plateau that traverse the principalities of Yarkand and Khotan, which are also Turki.

  • West of the Indus the dialects approach more to Persian, which language meets Arabic and Turki west of the Tigris, and along the Turkoman desert and the Caspian.

  • The language of the Kirghiz is Turki and their religion that of Mahomet.

  • Two periods may be distinguished, namely the Turki (120o-1526) and the Mogul empire.

  • The former comprised several dynasties of mixed Turki and Iranian race, but was wanting in coherency.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUR

Words Ending With

IKI

Unscrambles

Turki

Words Starting With T and Ending With I

Starts With T & Ends With IStarts With TU & Ends With IStarts With T & Ends With KI

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With T5 Letter Words Ending With I