Turk

Meanings

Noun

• A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent.
• A speaker of the various Turkic languages.
• A Muslim.
• A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian.
• A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
• A person from Llanelli, Wales.
• A Turkish horse.
• The plum curculio.

Adjective

• Synonym of Turkish

Origin

• From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, from Classical Persian ترک, from Middle Persian, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜. Compare Turkish Türk (whence the English form Türk).