Turkic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪk

Origin

From Turk + -ic.

Full definition of Turkic

Proper noun

1. The language family that includes Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azeri, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, Karakalpak, Khakas, Chuvash and any of the other dozens of languages spoken by Turkic peoples. It may be a subfamily of an Altaic language family.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to this language group or the people who speak it.