Turkic

[ tur-kik ]
/ ˈtɜr kɪk /

noun

a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut.

adjective

of or relating to Turkic or Turkic-speaking peoples.
Also called Turko-Tatar.

Origin of Turkic

First recorded in 1855–60; Turk + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM Turkic

non-Tur·kic, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for turkic

  • Two-thirds of the total are Sarts and Uzbegs (of Turkic origin).

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 |Various

  • My reasons for supposing the language to be a Turkic or Mongolic dialect are simple.

    Palestine |Claude Reignier Conder

  • The Turkic princes used armorial bearings before they came into use in Europe.

    Palestine |Claude Reignier Conder

  • It now really belongs to the small tribe of Turkic origin which, after occupying Turkistan, has spread even into the Crimea.

    The Desert World |Arthur Mangin

British Dictionary definitions for turkic

Turkic
/ (ˈtɜːkɪk) /

noun

a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc, members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia