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turco.

Turkish (of or relating to Turkey)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtuʁ.ku/Brazil[ˈtuh.ku]Brazil/ˈtuɾ.ku/São-Paulo/ˈtuʁ.ku/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. Turkish (of or relating to Turkey)

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese turquo, from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

noun/ˈtuʁ.ku/Brazil[ˈtuh.ku]Brazil/ˈtuɾ.ku/São-Paulo/ˈtuʁ.ku/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. Turk (person from Turkey)

    masculine
  2. Turk (person from the Ottoman Empire)

    historical · masculine
  3. an Arab, Jew or other immigrant from Middle East

    Brazil · historical · masculine · proscribed
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese turquo, from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

noun/ˈtuʁ.ku/Brazil[ˈtuh.ku]Brazil/ˈtuɾ.ku/São-Paulo/ˈtuʁ.ku/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. Turkish (Turkic language spoken in Turkey)

    masculine · uncountable
  2. palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata, a small tree of the Americas)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese turquo, from Medieval Latin Turcus, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), borrowed from Classical Persian ترک, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

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