تركیه

See also: تركية, ترکیه, and ترکیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier تركیا (türkiya), from Latin Turcia, ultimately from Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”). Probably borrowed via Italian Turchia, as suggested by the earlier form.

Explanations deriving it from Arabic تُرْكِيَّة (turkiyya) are folk etymologies.

Proper noun

تركیه • (türkiye)

  1. Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Türkiye
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