Turkish

American  

[tur-kish] / ˈtɜr kɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or derived from Turkey or the Turks.

2. of or relating to the language of Turkey.

3. (loosely) Turkic.

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noun

1. the Turkic language of Turkey. Turk, Turk.

2. (loosely) Turkic.

Turkish British  

/ ˈtɜːkɪʃ /

adjective

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

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noun

1. the official language of Turkey, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family See also Osmanli

Other Word Forms

• Turkishness
  noun
• anti-Turkish
  adjective
• non-Turkish
  adjective
• pro-Turkish
  adjective
• pseudo-Turkish
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Turkish

First recorded in 1535–45; Turk + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Turkish

The villa, bookable from around $35,780 a night, is an extension of the 74-room Hotel Maçakizi, a Turkish Riviera fixture since the late 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

For pide—a Turkish cousin to pizza—I loved Yagli Karadeniz in the neighborhood of Gümbet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Eleven of the rescued crew are Turkish and seven are Indian, according to Radev.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Turkey has expressed concern over the attacks on Black Sea shipping and Turkish seafarers have staged protests over deaths suffered in the attacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The train station smelled like roasting pistachios from the old Turkish merchant outside, and burnt rubber from the train braking.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri