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Turk·ic

(tûr′kĭk)

A language family spoken in Eurasia and including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, and Uyghur.

adj.

1. Of or relating to Turkic or the peoples who speak Turkic.

2. Turkish.

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Turkic

(ˈtɜːkɪk)

(Languages) a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc, members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia

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Tur•kic

(ˈtɜr kɪk)

n.

1. a family of closely related languages of SW, central, and N Asia and E Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uighur, and Yakut.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to Turkic or Turkic-speaking peoples.

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Noun	1.	Turkic - a subfamily of Altaic languages Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki Altaic language, Altaic - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe Turkish - a Turkic language spoken by the Turks Turcoman, Turkoman, Turkmen - the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman Azerbaijani - the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani Kazak, Kazakh - the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak Tatar - the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbak, Uzbeg, Uzbek - the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek Uighur, Uigur, Uygur - the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China Yakut - the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut Khirghiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz - the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz Karakalpak - the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak Chuvash - the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jagatai, Jaghatai - a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Adj.	1.	Turkic - of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language

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tyrkískur

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