土耳古

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	耳	古
と Grade: 1	る Grade: 1	こ Grade: 2
kan’on	irregular	kan’on

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), with 「土耳」 from Mandarin 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí, “Turkey”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 土耳古 – see the following entry.

【トルコ】 [proper noun] Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)

(This term, 土耳古, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)