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Saljūq

Saljūq is the alternative form of Seljuk.

Meaning of Seljuk

Proper noun

Seljuk

  1. Seljuk Bey, the legendary founder of an Oghuz Turk dynasty that ruled an eponymous Sunni Muslim empire in Southwest Asia and numerous successor states, particularly in Anatolia.
    • ...the House of Seljuk...
  2. A unisex given name from Turkish.

See all 5 meanings of Seljuk

Forms of Saljūq

pluralSaljūqs

Origin of Saljūq

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq).

Words formed from Saljūq

Questions about Saljūq

What is Saljūq the alternative form of?
Saljūq is the alternative form of Seljuk.

Words near Saljūq in the dictionary

  1. Saljuqian
  2. Saljuqians
  3. Saljuqid
  4. Saljuqids
  5. Saljuqs
  6. Saljūq
  7. Saljūqian
  8. Saljūqians
  9. Saljūqid
  10. Saljūqids
  11. Saljūqs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Saljūq (page history and authors); Seljuk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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