turkish

turkish — 形容詞

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

1.形容詞A2
釋義

土耳其的

與土耳其有關的

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.

Asher 在市場攤位上買了一袋土耳其杏乾。

collocation: Turkish + product noun (dried apricots)

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

這間博物館收藏了大量十八世紀的土耳其地毯。

collocation: Turkish carpets

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

2.形容詞B2
釋義

突厥語族的

與突厥語族有關的

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.

語言學家研究中亞土耳其語系語言中共同的語法模式。

collocation: Turkish languages (broad family meaning)

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

Okafor 教授比較了哈薩克語和烏茲別克語中表示「雪」的詞彙，以顯示它們同屬突厥語系。

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 — 名詞