Turkism

English

Etymology

From Turk +‎ -ism. Compare earlier Turcism.

Noun

Turkism (countable and uncountable, plural Turkisms)

  1. Turkish culture, religion and tradition.
    • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 279:
      Joseph's enthusiasm for promoting new German opera resulted in Mozart's The Escape from the Seraglio, the opera's jokey Turkism itself an indicator of the Ottomans' declining threat status.
  2. (linguistics) A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish.

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