سلجوق

Arabic

Etymology

From a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (Selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal.d͡ʒuːq/

Proper noun

سَلْجُوق • (saljūq) m

1. Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)

Derived terms

• سَلْجُوقِيّ (saljūqiyy, “Seljukid”)

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

سلجوق

1. Arabic spelling of Səlcuq

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from a Proto-Oghuz term attested as Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (Selcuk) in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. See Seljuk.

Proper noun

سلجوق • (Selcuk)

1. Seljuk (founder of the Seljuk dynasty)

Related terms

• سلجوقی (Selcuki, “Seljuk”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Selcuk

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سلجوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1071b

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sal.ˈd͡ʒuːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säl.d͡ʒúːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säl.d͡ʒúːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säl.d͡ʒúːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säl.d͡ʒúq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæl.d͡ʒúːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säl.d͡ʒúq]

Readings
Classical reading?	saljūq
Dari reading?	saljūq
Iranian reading?	saljuğ
Tajik reading?	saljuq

Proper noun

Dari	سلجوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Салҷуқ

سلجوق • (Saljuq)

1. Seljuk

Related terms

• سلجوقی (Saljuqi, “Seljukid”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səl.d͡ʒuːq/

Proper noun

سلجوق • (saljūq) m (Hindi spelling सलजुक़)

1. Seljuk

Related terms

• سلجوقی (Saljūqī, “Seljukid”)