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The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A Turk, Turkish'). It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369.
from Turkish türk, which has several meanings in English. [259] Turki from Persian turki, from Turk, "Turk", from Turkish Türk. [260] Turquoise from Middle English Turkeys, from Anglo-French turkeise, from feminine of turkeis Turkish, from Turc Turkish. [261] Tuzla from Turkish tuzla, from the name of Lake Tuz in Turkey. A central Anatolian rug.
Many modern given names (such as Deniz, "sea"; or Ülkü, "ideal") are given to newborns of either sex. Among the common examples of the many unisex names in Turkey include Aytaç, Deniz, Derya, Evren, Evrim, Özgür, and Yücel. Unlike English unisex names, most Turkish unisex names have been traditionally used for both genders.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek μελεαγρις, meleagris meaning "guineafowl". [2] The type species is the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). [3] Turkeys are classed in the family Phasianidae (pheasants, partridges, francolins, junglefowl, grouse, and relatives thereof) in the taxonomic order Galliformes. [4]
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
Uyghur General Khojis (d. 1781), bey of Turfan, who later settled in Beijing; painting by a European Jesuit artist at the Chinese court in 1775 [1]. Bey, [a] also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas ...
“The historical literature about the Indian Confederation does not mention a chief named Turkey Foot and, finally, folks who are experts in Indian affairs say that Indians did not name their ...
Turki ibn Abdallah, founder of the Second Saudi State; Turki al-Binali, Bahraini Salafi preacher and senior cleric of ISIS; Turki al-Hamad, Saudi Arabian political analyst ...