Where does “ترك” come from?

ترك (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Arabic ترك, from Arabic تُرْك — Turks.

ترك (Old Anatolian Turkish): Turk, Turkish, Turkic

Definitions

  1. Turk, Turkish, Turkic

Ancestry of “ترك”, step by step

ترك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ترك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتركto leave, to relinquish; verbal noun of تَرَكَ;...
2ArabicتُرْكTurks

via Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “ترك”

Every word from Arabic تُرْك →Every word from Arabic ترك →