See also: تركیا

Arabic

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Etymology

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Ultimately 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

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  • IPA(key): /tur.ki.jaː/, /tur.kij.jaː/

Proper noun

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تُرْكِيَا or تُرْكِيَّا (turkiyā or turkiyyāf

  1. Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ترك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic تُرْكِيَّا (turkiyyā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tur.kij.ja/, [tʊrˈkij.ja]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Proper noun

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تركيا (turkiyyaf

  1. Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)
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