Turkic
/ˈtɝkɪk/adjective
Turkic is spelled T-U-R-K-I-C: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Turkic means “Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Turkic?
| Letters | 6: T-U-R-K-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Turkic?
Turkic appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Turkic?
- US /ˈtɝkɪk/
- UK /ˈtɜːkɪk/
Turkic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Turkic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Turkic
- Turcic
- Türkic rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Turkic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.
adjective
- 1
rareRare spelling of Turkic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Turkic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Turkic come from?
Partly from Medieval Latin turcicus and partly from Turk + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).