turkish
adjective (Turkish); noun (Turkish — the language)
Everyday
- Turkish means from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in Europe and partly in Asia, or its people. tree →
- Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey and by many people in Cyprus and around the world. tree →
- It is used in names of foods and things: Turkish delight (a soft sweet dusted with sugar), Turkish coffee, a Turkish bath. tree →
In the lessons
In geography lessons, pupils learn about Turkey, a country joining Europe and Asia, and its biggest city Istanbul. In everyday life, many towns have Turkish shops and kebab cafes; Turkish delight appears in «The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe». Phrases: «Turkish delight», «speak Turkish», «Turkish food».
Examples
- She speaks Turkish and English at home. tree →
- Edmund ate Turkish delight in the story. tree →
- We went to a Turkish restaurant for kebabs. tree →
- Turkish coffee is very strong and thick. tree →
- Istanbul is the biggest Turkish city. tree →
- Turkish uses the same alphabet as English with some extra letters. tree →
- It was easy to believe after this that the princess was really going to marry a Turkish angel. tree →
Note
Always capital T. «Turkish» is the adjective and the language; a person is «a Turk» or «a Turkish person». The country now calls itself «Türkiye» in English too. Do not confuse with «turkey», the bird.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «turkish» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «turkish» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/turkish/