turkic
turkic — adjective
- turkicpositive
- more turkiccomparative
- most turkicsuperlative
1. belonging to a family of closely related languages — including Turkish, Kazakh,
belonging to a family of closely related languages — including Turkish, Kazakh, and Uzbek — spoken across Turkey and Central Asia, and to the peoples who speak them
Dahlia's linguistics course covers Turkic languages such as Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Uyghur.
Turkic + specific language names
Bao wrote his thesis on the migration of Turkic peoples across the Eurasian steppe.
At the teahouse, Nadira realised the strangers' speech was Turkic — the word endings matched Turkish patterns.
Meera traced her family's Turkic roots back to a small village near the Kazakh border.
Felipe examined Turkic inscriptions carved into stone pillars in the Orkhon Valley.
用法筆記
Used in linguistic, historical, and ethnographic writing. Do not confuse with 'Turkish,' which refers only to the language and people of Turkey — Turkish is one member of the broader Turkic family.