Turk

Definition: Turk

Turk

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Turk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Turk \Turk\, noun. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: compare to French Turc.]. (Websters 1913)

Geography

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Marriage

Monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy; mormonism; levirate; spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism; polyandrism; Turk, bluebeard.

Master

Ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique; voivode; landamman; seyyid; Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior.

Pride

Verb: be proud; Adjective: put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, " bear like the Turk no rival near the throne ", carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs; (assume); boast.

Crosswords: Turk

Afrikaan (Turk), Albanian (turk, turkic, turkish), Dutch (Turk), Swedish (Turk, turkish bath).

At least Turk has you to pick up the slack when it gets too bad. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

You think Turk would like it if I started calling him 'my brother'? (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

He looked very North-African and he had something oriental in his face; actually, he looked more like a Turk, like a Germanic Turk, with blue eyes (Billy Ze Kick; writing credit: Gérard Guérin; Gérard Mordillat)

Turk Pipkin! (Harry Anderson's Hello Sucker; writing credit: Harry Anderson)

The Lustful Turk (1968)

Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)

Turk Good Night (1919)

A Tale of a Turk (1916)

The Terrible Turk Binks (1913)

Blue Rhondo A La Turk (performing artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Anadolu Anonim Turk Sigorta Sirketi: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Cimentas Izmir Cemento Fabrikasi Turk A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Halk Sigorta Turk Anonim Sirketi: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Turk Dis Ticaret Bankasi A.S. (Disbank): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• "The German, the Turk and the Devil Made a Triple Alliance": Harpoot Diaries, 1908-1917 (reference)

• Happy Birthday Turk (reference)

• The Turk in French History, Thought and Literature 1520-1660 (reference)

• Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England (reference)

• Turning Turk (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Turk Dili (reference)

• Turk Edebiyati Dergisi (reference)

• Turk Ilac Rehberi (reference)

• Turk Norosirjuri Dergisi (reference)

• Turk Psikoloji Dergisi = Turkish Journal Of Psychology = Tur (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Turk 182 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Little Turk / Knapp & Co. Lith. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Turk leaving Lausanne Conference with Constantinople and membership in the League of Nations. Credit: Library of Congress.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Civil Liberties

Moldova

According to Amnesty International, on July 13, 2000, a Kurdish Turk was seized by unidentified men in Chisinau and flown to Turkey where he faces charges that could carry a death sentence. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

Ninety-nine percent of Turk Telekom will be privatized during the next couple of years. (references)

Turkey

Turk Telekom (TTAS) has over 19 million subscribers and a fixed line capacity of over 21 million. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

On January 10, an ethnic Turk named Mehmet Myumyun, also known as Milotin Mironov, died in police custody. (references)

Minorities

Bulgaria

Only the courts continued to lack any notable ethnic Turk participation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "Turk": grand Turk ♦ Young Turk. Additional references.

Beginning with "Turk": turk-is.

Ending with "Turk": non-turk, young-turk.

Afrikaans

Turk. (various references)

Albanian

turk (turkic, turkish). (various references)

Arabic 

‏التركي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

турчин (ottoman), необуздан човек (wildcat), немирник (imp, romp), мохамеданин (islamite, mahometan, moslem), жесток човек (dragoon, savage, tiger). (various references)

Chinese 

土耳其人. (various references)

Czech

turek (ottoman, Turkman). (various references)

Danish

tyrk. (various references)

Dutch

Turk. (various references)

Esperanto

turko. (various references)

Finnish

turkkilainen (Turkish). (various references)

French

Turc (turkish). (various references)

German

Türke, Türkin. (various references)

Greek 

Τούρκος (Turkish), τούρκοσ. (various references)

Hungarian

török (ottoman, Turkish, Turkish lady, Turkish woman). (various references)

Icelandic

Tyrki. (various references)

Indonesian

negeri turki. (various references)

Italian

turco (ottoman, turkish). (various references)

Korean 

터키 사람. (various references)

Manx

Turkagh (Ottoman, Turkish). (various references)

Papiamen

turko (Turkish). (various references)

Pig Latin

urktay

Polish

Turek. (various references)

Portuguese

otomano (ottoman), maometano (mahometan, mohammedan, moslem), criança turbulenta, cavalo turco. (various references)

Romanian

turc (ottoman, turkish). (various references)

Russian 

турок (ottoman). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

turčin (ottoman). (various references)

Spanish

turco (turcoman, Turkish, Turkman, turkoman). (various references)

Swedish

turk (turkish bath). (various references)

Turkish

türk (turco-, turk-, Turkey, Turkish, turko-). (various references)

Turkmen 

tьrk. (various references)

Ukrainian

турок (ottoman), мусульманин (islamite, mahometan, moslem, muslin, mussulman). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người Thổ nhĩ kỳ gười hung ác. (various references)

Welsh

Twrc. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Turk": turkey, turkeys, turkois, turkoises, turks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Turk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Shukr, Tarka, Tirc, trk, Tuak, Tuirc, Tulk, turc, Turok, Tutko, Tvrtko, Tzur. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: rut.

-2 letters: ut.

+1 letter: kraut, kurta, truck, trunk, turks.

+2 letters: krauts, krubut, kultur, kurtas, struck, trucks, trunks, tucker, tugrik, turkey, tusker.

+3 letters: autarky, burkite, cutwork, fraktur, futhark, futhork, kashrut, krubuts, kulturs, murkest, muskrat, outbark, outrank, outrock, outwork, trucked, trucker, truckle, trunked, tuckers, tughrik, tugriks, turfski, turkeys, turkois, turnkey, tuskers, workout, zikurat.

+4 letters: autarkic, bankrupt, breakout, bruskest, burkites, cutworks, drunkest, ductwork, frakturs, freakout, futharks, futhorks, huckster, junketer, kashruth, kashruts, klutzier, kreutzer, kurtoses, kurtosis, murkiest, musketry, muskrats, outbarks, outbreak, outdrank, outdrink, outdrunk, outranks, outrocks, outskirt, outtrick, outworks, restruck, strucken, studwork, trinkums, truckage, truckers, truckful, trucking, truckled, truckler, truckles, truckman, truckmen, trunkful, tubework, tuckered, tughriks, turflike, turfskis, turnkeys, turnpike, upmarket, upstroke, workouts, zikkurat, zikurats.