Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: turkish
IPA transcription: [t'ɝkɪʃ]
Pronunciations of turkish
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Turkish
    Meaning: of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language; "Turkish towels"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Turkish
    Meaning: a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
Usage examples
  • 'Say rather the Turkish police.
  • It was Rasta, with half a dozen Turkish gendarmes.
  • 'You are in Turkey,' he cried, 'and will obey the Turkish Government.'
  • They too walked on their hind legs, wore full Turkish trousers, and little green velvet caps on their heads.
  • Hence the Emperor was not unfrequently able to catch and slay off one of the minor divisions of the Turkish army.
  • Cappadocia was already desolated from end to end, and the Turkish raids had reached as far as Amorium, in Phrygia.
  • With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire.
  • 'Slow, you may be; sure, you are!' This he twice or thrice repeated with much complacency, as he again dispersed the legs of the Turkish trousers and bent the knees.
  • In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives and fortunes of his subjects, has no right to impose a new tax.
  • I waited for about an hour, wrote a few editorials advocating the rights of the people, smoked some Turkish cigarettes, drank a glass of sherry, and ate part of an anchovy sandwich.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Islamic feminism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Council of Trent, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Stuttering, License CC BY-SA 4.0