Turkic

American  

[tur-kik] / ˈtɜr kɪk /

noun

1. a family of closely related languages of southwest, central, and northern Asia and eastern Europe, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, and Yakut. Turk, Turk.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Turkic or Turkic-speaking peoples.

Turkic British  

/ ˈtɜːkɪk /

noun

1. a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc, members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia

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Other Word Forms

• non-Turkic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Turkic

First recorded in 1855–60; Turk + -ic

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Turkic

Kurds make up about nine percent of Iran's population, while the largest minority group is the Azeris, a Turkic people near Azerbaijan, though they are highly integrated in Iranian society.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

The Azeris of Iran eye their flourishing Turkic brethren in Azerbaijan with a degree of envy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Indigenous people, mostly Muslim Bashkirs, a Turkic ethnic group, make up just under a third of the region’s population.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

Conflict in the region between between Christian Armenians and Turkic Muslim Azeris goes back more than a century.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2023

Turkic class of languages, 300. grammar, 309. profuse system of conjugation, 323.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max