Turcia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”), itself being Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) (borrowed into Latin as Turcus (“A Turk, Turkish”), see there for further etymology) with suffix -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.ki.a/, [ˈt̪ʊrkiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈt̪urt͡ʃiä]
Proper noun edit
Turcia f sg (genitive Turciae); first declension
- (New Latin) Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Turcia |
| Genitive | Turciae |
| Dative | Turciae |
| Accusative | Turciam |
| Ablative | Turciā |
| Vocative | Turcia |
| Locative | Turciae |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Aragonese: Turquía
- → Aromanian: Turchia
- → Basque: Turkia
- → Breton: Turkia
- → Catalan: Turquia
- → French: Turquie
- → Galician: Turquía
- → German: Türkei
- → Irish: Tuirc
- → Istriot: Turcheîa
- → Italian: Turchia
- → Norman: Turtchie, Turquie, Turqùie
- → Portuguese: Turquia
- → Romanian: Turcia
- → Romansch: Tirchia, Terchia, Tertgia, Tertgeia, Türchia
- → Sicilian: Turchìa
- → Spanish: Turquía
- → Tagalog: Turkiya
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Turcia. By surface analysis, turc + -ia
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Turcia f
- Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)