turkish

turkish — adjective

1. relating to the country of Turkey, including its culture, traditions, people, or

1.形容詞A2
釋義

relating to the country of Turkey, including its culture, traditions, people, or the language they speak.

例句

Asher bought a bag of Turkish dried apricots from the market stall.

collocation: Turkish + product noun (dried apricots)

The museum has a large collection of Turkish carpets from the 1700s.

collocation: Turkish carpets

2. belonging to the broad family of languages that includes Turkish, Kazakh, Uzbek,

2.形容詞B2
釋義

belonging to the broad family of languages that includes Turkish, Kazakh, Uzbek, and Azerbaijani, or relating to the peoples who speak these languages across Central Asia and beyond.

例句

Linguistic researchers study shared grammar patterns across the Turkish languages of Central Asia.

collocation: Turkish languages (broad family meaning)

Professor Okafor compared Kazakh and Uzbek words for "snow" to show shared Turkish roots.

concrete comparison across Turkish languages

同義詞
  • Turkic

    the standard academic term for this sense; 'Turkish' is sometimes used informally or in older texts

用法筆記

In academic contexts, 'Turkic' is more common than 'Turkish' for this broader family meaning. 'Turkish languages' in this sense refers to the entire Turkic language family, not just the language of Turkey. This sense is distinct from sense 1 (OF TURKEY), which is limited to the Republic of Turkey.

常見錯誤

❌The Turkish language family has about 30 members, including Kazakh.
✅The Turkic language family has about 30 members, including Kazakh.
💡For the broad family, 'Turkic' is the standard term; 'Turkish' alone can confuse learners into thinking only the language of Turkey is meant.

turkish — noun