turks

See also: Turks, Túrks, and Türks

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Via various European languages, ultimately from Turkish Türk (“Turk”), of unknown origin.

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turks m (1st declension, feminine form: turciete)

a Turk, a Turkish man, a man from Turkey or of Turkish descent
kā Otello sodīja to turku, kas bija noziedzies pret Venēciju, tāpat viņš soda sevi ― as Othello pusnished the Turk who had offended Venice, he also punished himself

mana vectēva jaunākais brālis Juris ilgus gadus dienējis zaldātos, karojis ar turkiem ― my grandfather's younger brother Juris served as a soldier for many years, he fought the Turks
(genitive plural) Turkish, pertaining to Turkey and its people
turku valoda ― the Turkish language

turku kafija ― Turkish coffee

turku zobens ― Turkish sword

turku minareti ― Turkish minarets

turku sultāns ― Turkish sultan

Declension of turks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	turks	turki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	turku	turkus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	turka	turku
dative (datīvs)	turkam	turkiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	turku	turkiem
locative (lokatīvs)	turkā	turkos
vocative (vokatīvs)	turk	turki

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