What does turk mean?
Definitions for turk
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Princeton's WordNet
Turknoun
a native or inhabitant of Turkey
Wiktionary
Turknoun
A member of any of the numerous ethnic groups whose majority have lived a nomadic life on the vast Eurasian steppe, speaking Turkic languages.
Turknoun
A person from Turkey.
Turknoun
A Muslim.
Turknoun
A bloodthirsty and savage person, a vandal, a barbarian.
Turknoun
A homosexual, assuming the active role in anal sex.
Turknoun
A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.
Etymology: From Türk
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turk
A Turk is a native or inhabitant of Turkey, or a person of Turkish descent. "Turk" may also refer to a member of the Turkic ethnic groups, primarily referring to the Turkish people. The term also historically pertains to a member of the Ottoman Empire. It is also used colloquently to identify someone as a hard-working, dedicated individual, referring to the term's usage in Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform.
Webster Dictionary
Turknoun
a member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey
Turknoun
a native or inhabitant of Turkey
Turknoun
a Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey
Turknoun
the plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum
Wikidata
Turk
Tab Virgil, Jr., better known by his stage name Turk, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for his time with Cash Money Records and with the Hot Boys.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Turk
turk, n. a native of Turkey, an Ottoman—more widely, a member of a race formerly classed among the 'Turanian' peoples, now more usual to say, of the Mongolo-Tartar ethnological group, and speaking languages of the Ural-Altaic family: a savage fellow: a Mohammedan: a Turkish horse: the plum-weevil or curculio.—ns. Turk′ey-car′pet, a soft thick kind of carpet; Turk′ey-hone, -stone, a kind of oilstone brought from Turkey, and used for hones; Turk′ey-mer′chant, one whose trade is with Turkey or the Turkish East; Turk′ey-red, a fine durable red dye, obtained from madder, but now mostly prepared chemically, first produced in Turkey; Turk′ey-stone, the turquoise.—adj. Turk′ish, pertaining to the Turks or to Turkey.—n. the language of the Turks.—ns. Turk′ish-bath, a kind of hot-air bath in which the patient, after being sweated, is rubbed down, and conducted through a series of cooling-chambers until he regains his normal temperature; Turk's′-head, a kind of knot: a long broom with spherical head: a kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.—Turn Turk, to become a Mohammedan: to go to the bad: to become hopelessly obstinate.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TURK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Turk is ranked #3450 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Turk surname appeared 10,354 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Turk.
83.6% or 8,660 total occurrences were White.
10.2% or 1,061 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 284 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 200 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 112 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 37 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Kurt
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turk in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of turk in a Sentence
Turk Telekom has invested in every single area in Turkey regardless of the region, regardless of the geographical conditions, another operator's fiber network is around 35,000 km over the course of their eight-year journey in the business, another claims there is not enough fiber and I believe they haven't invested at all.
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