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Turkism

Turkism noun: turkish culture, religion and tradition.

Noun

Turkism (countable and uncountable, plural Turkisms)

  1. Turkish culture, religion and tradition.
    • 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.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 279
  2. (rhetoric) A Turkish word, or a Turkish-derived word, used in a language not related to Turkish.

Forms of Turkism

pluralTurkisms

Origin of Turkism

From Turk + -ism. Compare earlier Turcism.

Questions about Turkism

What does Turkism mean?
Turkism means turkish culture, religion and tradition.
What part of speech is Turkism?
Turkism is a noun.
What is the plural of Turkism?
The plural of Turkism is Turkisms.

Words near Turkism in the dictionary

  1. Turkish Van
  2. Turkish Vankedisi
  3. Turkish Vans
  4. Turkishly
  5. Turkishness
  6. Turkism
  7. Turkisms
  8. Turkistan
  9. Turkistani
  10. Turkistanis
  11. Turkiye

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