TURKISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turkish mean? 

• TURKISH (noun)
  The noun TURKISH has 1 sense:

1. a Turkic language spoken by the Turks

  Familiarity information: TURKISH used as a noun is very rare.

• TURKISH (adjective)
  The adjective TURKISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language

  Familiarity information: TURKISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURKISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Turkic language spoken by the Turks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Turkish" is a kind of...):

Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)

• TURKISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Turkish towels

Pertainym:

Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)

 Context examples 

But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is currently being adapted and validated among the Turkish population, thanks to collaboration with Hacettepe University.

(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)

Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby Roylott clad in a long grey dressing-gown, his bare ankles protruding beneath, and his feet thrust into red heelless Turkish slippers.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a Turkish merchant and had inhabited Paris for many years, when, for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Also called Chinese rhubarb, da-huang, rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.

(Indian rhubarb, NCI Dictionary)

On 11 July at dawn entered Bosphorus. Boarded by Turkish Customs officers. Backsheesh. All correct. Under way at 4 p. m. On 12 July through Dardanelles. More Customs officers and flagboat of guarding squadron. Backsheesh again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Also called da-huang, Indian rhubarb, rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.

(Chinese rhubarb, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Chinese rhubarb, Indian rhubarb, rhubarb, and Turkish rhubarb.

(Da-huang, NCI Dictionary)

“But why Turkish?” asked Mr. Sherlock Holmes, gazing fixedly at my boots.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Felix conducted the fugitives through France to Lyons and across Mont Cenis to Leghorn, where the merchant had decided to wait a favourable opportunity of passing into some part of the Turkish dominions.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)