Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian թուրք (tʻurkʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թուրք (tʻurkʻ)

  1. Turk (a person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent)
    Synonym: տաճիկ (tačik)
  2. (colloquial, dialectal) Azerbaijani
    Synonym: ադրբեջանցի (adrbeǰancʻi)
  3. (figuratively) barbarian, vandal, Turk

Usage notes edit

Contrasts with թյուրք (tʻyurkʻ, a member of any of the various Turkic peoples). The contrast is probably modelled on Russian ту́рок (túrok) vs тюрк (tjurk).

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