turquo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• turco

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k. Doublet of torqui, through Arabic.

Adjective

turquo m (plural turquos)

1. Turkish

   Synonym: torquio

Noun

turquo m (plural turquos)

1. Turk

Descendants

• Galician: turco
• Portuguese: turco

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “turquo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “turquo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG