Turk

Turk
a) A member of any of the numerous ethnic groups whose majority have lived a nomadic life on the vast Eurasian steppe, speaking Turkic languages.

The clannishness of homosexuals has led to the development of special slang expressions among them: Temperamental or queer, a homosexual person. Turk, wolf, or jocker, an active sodomist.

b) A person from Turkey.

...turd-packer, hitchhiker on the Hershey highway (fr. the US Hershey chocolate bars), shirt-lifter (Australian), wind-jammer, fart-catcher, dirt tamper, pillow-biter and Turk (fr. the alleged national propensity for sodomy).


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  • Türk — oder Tuerk ist der Familienname von: Ahmet Türk (* 1946), türkischer Politiker Alex Türk (* 1950), französischer Politiker Alexander Türk (* 2001), deutscher Jungschauspieler Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750–1813), deutscher Organist, Musiktheoretiker… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • turk — turk·dom; turk·i·cize; turk·ish·ly; turk·ish·ness; turk·ism; turk·ize; turk·man; turk·me·ni·an; turk; turk·ic; turk·ish; turk·men; …   English syllables

  • Turk — Turk, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.] 1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey. [1913 Webster] 2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey. [1913 Webster] 3. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Turk — (acortado de Young Turk ), nacido como Tab Virgil, Jr. en New Orleans, Luisiana, en 1981, es un rapero estadounidense. Turk fue descubierto por los propietarios de Cash Money Records (los hermanos Ronald Slim Williams y Bryan Baby Williams), que… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Turk — or Turkish may refer to: Places * Something relating to or from Turkey * Something relating to or from the Ottoman Empire, the historic empire of Turkish people from the 13th to the early 20th century * The Turks , a common abbreviation for the… …   Wikipedia

  • Turk — steht für: Christian Turk (* 1973), ein deutscher Comiczeichner und Buchautor Herwig Turk (* 1964), österreichischer Künstler Horst Turk (1935–2008), ein deutscher Literaturwissenschaftler Rifaat Turk (* 1954), israelischer Fußballspieler,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Turk — c.1300, from Fr. Turc, from M.L. Turcus, from Byzantine Gk. Tourkos, Pers. turk, a national name, of unknown origin. Said to mean strength in Turkish. Cf. Chinese tu kin, name given c.177 B.C.E. as that of a people living south of the Altai… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Turk — Turk1 [tʉrk] n. [ME Turke < MFr Turc < ML Turcus < Turk Türk] 1. a member of any of the Turkic speaking peoples of central Asia 2. a member of the principal ethnic group of Turkey or, formerly, the Ottoman Empire 3. a person born or… …   English World dictionary

  • Türkədi — or Tyurkedi or Tyurkedy may refer to: *Türkədi, Kurdamir, Azerbaijan *Türkədi, Sabirabad, Azerbaijan …   Wikipedia

  • Turk|me|ni|an — «turk MEE nee uhn», adjective. of or having to do with Turkomans …   Useful english dictionary

  • Türk — Türk, 1) Daniel Gottlob, geb. 1751 in Klaußnitz bei Chemnitz, war seit 1787 Organist in Halle, u. st. daselbst 1813. Er schrieb, außer einer Menge Clavier u. Gesangcompositionen zum Unterricht, Kurze Anweisung zum Generalbaßspielen, Halle 1791, 5 …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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