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Where does “تُرْكِيّ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “تُرْكِيّ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
2Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
3Persianترکcrack
4Middle Persiantwlk'—
5Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜—
6Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)k—

Words derived from “تُرْكِيّ”

  • turquí
  • turc
  • Turquia
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