Where does “تركي” come from?

تركي (Arabic) comes from Arabic تُرْكِيّ, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

تركي (Arabic): Turkish; Turk

Definitions

  1. Turkish; Turk

Ancestry of “تركي”, step by step

تركي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic تُرْكِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتُرْكِيّ
2TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
3Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
4Persianترکcrack
5Middle Persiantwlk'
6Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
7Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)kEvery word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Every word from Middle Persian twlk'
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