Turkic

Turk·ic  (tûrkk)

n.

A subfamily of the Altaic language family that includes Turkish.

adj.

1. Of or relating to Turkic or the peoples who speak Turkic.

2. Turkish.

---

Turkic [ˈtɜːkɪk]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) a branch or subfamily of the Altaic family of languages, including Turkish, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Tatar, etc., members of which are found from Turkey to NE China, esp in central Asia

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Turkic - a subfamily of Altaic languages       Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki Altaic language, Altaic - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe Turkish - a Turkic language spoken by the Turks Turcoman, Turkoman, Turkmen - the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman Azerbaijani - the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani Kazak, Kazakh - the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak Tatar - the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains Usbeg, Usbek, Uzbak, Uzbeg, Uzbek - the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek Uighur, Uigur, Uygur - the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China Yakut - the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut Khirghiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz - the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz Karakalpak - the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak Chuvash - the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash Chagatai, Eastern Turki, Jagatai, Jaghatai - a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Adj.	1.	Turkic - of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language