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Turkic

Syllabification: (Tur·kic)
Pronunciation: /ˈtərkik/
Definition of Turkic

adjective

  • of, relating to, or denoting a large group of closely related Altaic languages of western and central Asia, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uighur, Uzbek, and Tatar.

noun

  • the Turkic languages collectively.

Origin:

mid 19th century: from Turk + -ic

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