Turki, a. (n.)
(ˈtuːrkiː)
Also 8 toorkay, 8–9 toorkee, toorky.
[a. Pers. turkī, deriv. of turk Turk, applied to language and race: cf. Shirāzī, Panjābī, Hindūstānī, etc.]
Turkish; belonging to the typical Turkic languages, East and West Turki, and to the peoples speaking them. b. n. A member of the Turkish race; also, a Turkish horse.
| 1782 India Gaz. 2 Mar. (Y.), To be disposed of..a Buggy,..a pair of uncommonly beautiful spotted Toorkays. 1800 Misc. Tr. in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 189/1 A Toorky horse which I generally rode. 1841 Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. i, The T{uacu}rki slaves, who rose to sovereignty throughout Asia, and..furnished a succession of rulers to India. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 1/2 Corrupt Turki dialects spoken by Tatarized Finn populations from the Altai to the Urals. 1907 Blackw. Mag. May 661/2 The Turki can holloa. Ibid. June 807/1 He had a Turki interpreter. |