Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A language family spoken in Eurasia and including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, and Uighur.
- adjective Of or relating to Turkic or the peoples who speak Turkic.
- adjective Turkish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Turkish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Turkish.
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- proper noun The
language family that includesTurkish ,Tatar ,Bashkir ,Kazakh ,Uzbek ,Azeri ,Kyrgyz ,Uyghur ,Tuvan ,Altai ,Shor ,Karakalpak ,Khakas ,Chuvash and any of the other dozens oflanguages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be asubfamily of anAltaic language family. - adjective Of or relating to this language group or the people who speak it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a subfamily of Altaic languages
- adjective of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language, consider Xinjiang their homeland, although they now are a minority after years of Han Chinese migration to the area.
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China's draconian policies in Xinjiang stem in part from fears that the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group who speak a Turkic language, want to secede from China.
Uprising in Urumqi 2009
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Since you ask, the Uighurs actually speak a Turkic language, which means that they have even less to do with the Chinese than the Tibetans, who at least once probably spoke the same language a few thousands years ago, that is.
Uighur Splittists? glyn moody 2008
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Mongolian people and did not originally speak a Turkic language.
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The Ezheler are Muslims, and speak a Turkic language influenced by Russian and Farsi.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Xinjiang -- a vast, arid but resource-rich region bordering Central Asia -- is home to more than eight million Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language and are mostly Muslims.
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The 4th Turkic World Cinema Days kicked off Monday in Istanbul with a variety of films from Turkey and other regions throughout Asia that speak a Turkic language.
Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 2010
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Restrictions on their right to practise Islam, and curbs on their culture - Uighurs speak a Turkic dialect which connects them linguistically with most central Asian countries - has provided ample motivation for extremists.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Restrictions on their right to practise Islam, and curbs on their culture - Uighurs speak a Turkic dialect which connects them linguistically with most central Asian countries - has provided ample motivation for extremists.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The 4th Turkic World Cinema Days kicked off Monday in Istanbul with a variety of films from Turkey and other regions throughout Asia that speak a Turkic language.
Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 2010
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