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Etymology

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From Türkei (Turkey) +‎ Türkisch (Turkish, Turkic). While German has the word Turksprache (Turkic language), it does not have an equivalent to English Turkic.

Proper noun

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Türkeitürkisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Türkeitürkisch or Türkeitürkischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Türkeitürkische, alternative genitive Türkeitürkischen, no plural)

  1. (linguistics) Turkish; the varieties of Turkic spoken in Turkey (especially, but not exclusively, the Istanbul-based standard language)
    Synonym: (common use) Türkisch

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