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Every Turkic word

Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Turkic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

Showing 1 to 47 of 47.

  • AGHAnounTurkish4 findersAn honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
  • ATABEGnounTurkish1 finderA high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
  • BASHLYKnounTurkish4 findersA protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.
  • BERGAMOTnounTurkish136 findersA tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted,
  • BEYLIKnounTurkish2 findersThe jurisdiction or the territory of a bey.
  • BISMARnounTurkish4 findersA kind of steelyard used in Orkney.
  • BOSHnounTurkish69 findersNonsense.
  • BUREKnounTurkish1 finderA type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
  • CAIQUEnounTurkish13 findersA small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
  • CASABAnounTurkish1 finderA cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
  • CHAGRINnounTurkish163 findersA distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification.
  • CHAMnounTurkish19 findersArchaic spelling of khan.
  • CHIAUSnounTurkish2 findersAn Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.
  • CHIBOUKnounTurkish6 findersA Turkish tobacco pipe.
  • CHOUSEverbTurkish14 findersTo cheat, to trick.
  • DOLMAnounTurkish25 findersAny of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
  • DOLMANnounTurkish15 findersA long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.
  • DUNAMnounTurkish2 findersAn Ottoman Turkish unit of surface area nominally equal to 1,600 square (Turkish) paces but actually varied at a provincial and local level according to land quality to accommodate
  • FATWAnounTurkish51 findersA formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
  • HORAnounTurkish19 findersA circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
  • KEBABnounTurkish11 findersA dish usually made of cut meat roasted on a skewer or spit, especially one based on Middle Eastern or South Asian cuisine. A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish ro
  • KEEMAnounTurkish42 findersFinely chopped mince as used in South Asia cookery, typically lamb with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan.
  • KHANUMnounTurkish6 findersFemale equivalent of khan.
  • KORMAnounTurkish10 findersA curry made from various spices especially coriander and cumin; and often with yoghurt sauce or nuts. A curry of meat slowly braised with ghee. A mild curry (typically the mildest
  • KURBASHnounTurkish2 findersA whip or strap about a yard in length.
  • LAVASHTurkish63 finders
  • MARTAGONnounTurkish2 findersThe Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon).
  • MUNTERnounTurkish29 findersAn ugly person.
  • ODALISQUEnounTurkish44 findersA female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
  • PASHALIKnounTurkish2 findersThe jurisdiction or the territory of a pasha.
  • PIEROGInounTurkish77 findersA square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit fill
  • SAMIELnounTurkish1 finderA hot desert wind, simoom.
  • SERAGLIOnounTurkish27 findersA palace of a sultan. The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
  • SERAInounTurkish1 finderA palace.
  • SHABRACKnounTurkish2 findersThe saddlecloth of a cavalry horse.
  • SHAWARMAnounTurkish6 findersA Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
  • TARAMAnounTurkish4 finderssalted cured cod roe, used in making taramosalata
  • THEORBOnounTurkish30 findersA baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
  • TUGHRAnounTurkish4 findersA calligraphic signature of an Ottoman sultan (and some other rulers to the present day) that was affixed to official documents, carved on his seal, and stamped on coins and inscri
  • TURQUOISEnounTurkish11 findersA sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
  • UHLANnounTurkish12 findersA lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.
  • YAOURTnounTurkish2 findersObsolete form of yogurt.
  • YARDANGnounTurkish11 findersA large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.
  • YARMULKEnounTurkish23 findersA skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
  • YASHMAKnounTurkish20 findersA veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
  • YOGHURTnounTurkish51 findersAlternative spelling of yogurt.
  • YOGURTnounTurkish55 findersA milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

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