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Saljuq

Saljuq 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 Saljuq

pluralSaljuqs

Origin of Saljuq

From Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) and Persian سلجوق (Saljuq).

Words formed from Saljuq

Questions about Saljuq

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

Words near Saljuq in the dictionary

  1. saliviruses
  2. salivous
  3. salivæ
  4. salix
  5. salixes
  6. Saljuq
  7. Saljuqian
  8. Saljuqians
  9. Saljuqid
  10. Saljuqids
  11. Saljuqs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Saljuq (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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