Tork
See also: tork
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Influenced by Italian turco, but the word as such was inherited from Arabic تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy). The more original form still in the place name Għar it-Torkija (literally “cave of the Turkish woman”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Tork (feminine singular Torka, plural Torok or Torki)
- Turkish
- Dalgħodu tkellimt ma’ żewġ turisti Torok.
- This morning I spoke with two Turkish tourists.
- (historical) Ottoman
- (dated, sometimes offensive) non-Christian or not properly Christian; impious; not (yet) baptised
- It-tifel għadu Tork.
- The child hasn’t been baptised yet.
- (literally, “The child is still Turkish.”)
- (dated, sometimes offensive) dark-skinned, negroid