Where does “Ajami Turkic” come from?
Ajami Turkic (English) comes from English Turkic, from English turk, 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.
Ajami Turkic (English): A historical division of the Azerbaijani language that was used as the administrative and literary language of Persia (Safavid Iran, Afsharid Iran and Qajar Iran)
Definitions
- A historical division of the Azerbaijani language that was used as the administrative and literary language of Persia (Safavid Iran, Afsharid Iran and Qajar Iran)
Ancestry of “Ajami Turkic”, step by step
Ajami Turkic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Turkic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turkic | Of or relating to this language group or the... |
| 2 | English | turk | A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages |
| 3 | Turkish | Türk | Turk; Turkish |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | ترك | Turk |
| 5 | Persian | ترک | crack |
| 6 | Middle Persian | twlk' | — |
| 7 | Old Turkic | 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 | Turk |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *tür(ü)k | Turk, Turkic people |