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# turkish

«turkish» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Turkish); noun (Turkish — the language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Turkish means from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in Europe and partly in Asia, or its people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#m1)

2) Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey and by many people in Cyprus and around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#m2)

3) It is used in names of foods and things: Turkish delight (a soft sweet dusted with sugar), Turkish coffee, a Turkish bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#m3)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x1)
- Edmund ate Turkish delight in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x2)
- We went to a Turkish restaurant for kebabs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x3)
- Turkish coffee is very strong and thick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x4)
- Istanbul is the biggest Turkish city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x5)
- Turkish uses the same alphabet as English with some extra letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x6)
- It was easy to believe after this that the princess was really going to marry a Turkish angel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/#x7)

### 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.

### In the corpora

- [So Turkish gün (day) becomes günler and kız (girl) becomes kızlar; this matching of vowels is called vowel harmony.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes/8/)
- [In Manchester, Ayla and Ece, 9, are twins in a warm, loud Turkish-British family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «turkish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turkish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.