Associations to the word «Turkic»

Wiktionary

TURKIC, proper noun. The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash, Yakut, and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.
TURKIC, adjective. Of or relating to this language group or the people who speak it.

Dictionary definition

TURKIC, noun. A subfamily of Altaic languages.
TURKIC, adjective. Of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language.

Wise words

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