Saljūqian
/sælˈd͡ʒuːkiən/
Saljūqian is the alternative form of Seljukian.
Meaning of Seljukian
Adjective
Seljukian (not comparable)
- Synonym of Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
- Romanus at once took the field against the Seljukian hordes, who were now devastating Cappadocia with fiendish cruelty, and had just captured Caesarea and plundered the shrine of St. Basil.1921, T.F. Tout, The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273, page 107
- Synonyms:
- Seljuk, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule
Origin of Saljūqian
From Saljūq + -ian, from an unadapted borrowing of Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq).
Words that rhyme with Saljūqian
Questions about Saljūqian
- What is Saljūqian the alternative form of?
- Saljūqian is the alternative form of Seljukian.
- How do you pronounce Saljūqian?
- Saljūqian is pronounced /sælˈd͡ʒuːkiən/.
Words near Saljūqian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Saljūqian (page history and authors); Seljukian (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “Saljūqian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/salj%C5%ABqian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.