ترکی
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tuɾ.ˈkiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰoɹ.kʰʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuɾ.kʰí]
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Classical reading? | turkī |
Dari reading? | turkī |
Iranian reading? | torki |
Tajik reading? | turkī |
Adjective edit
Dari | ترکی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | туркӣ |
تُرْکی • (torki)
Noun edit
Dari | ترکی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | туркӣ |
تُرْکی • (torki)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ʊɾ.kiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: تُرْ‧کی
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ترکی (turkī). By surface analysis, ترک (turk) + ـی (-ī).
Adjective edit
تُرْکِی • (turkī) (Hindi spelling तुर्की)
Noun edit
تُرْکِی • (turkī) f (Hindi spelling तुर्की)
- the Turkish language
- Turk-like qualities or habits, oppression, haughtiness, insolence, etc. (see ترک (turk))
Derived terms edit
- ترکی بہ ترکی (turkī ba-turkī, “insolence for insolence, etc.; 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)”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “ترکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Etymology 2 edit
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Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.
Proper noun edit
تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)
- Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey
Usage notes edit
ترکی (turkī) is the most common way to refer to the Republic of Turkey. However, the Government of Pakistan has started using ترکیہ (turkiyah) more frequently upon the change of the official English name to the Republic of Türkiye, with an alternative spelling of ترکیے (turkīye).
Related terms edit
- جمہوریہ ترکی (jamhūriya-e-turkī, “Republic of Turkey”)
See also edit
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِی (turkī), قَبْرَص (qabras) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائیِل (isrāyil) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیْت (kuvayt) (Category: ur:Middle East)