Turc

See also: turc

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k

Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²)der.

Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/)

Classical Persian تُرْک (turk)bor.

Medieval Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos)bor.

Early Medieval Latin Turcus

Old French Turc

French Turc

Inherited from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Medieval Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²), from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁk/

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Noun

Turc m (plural Turcs, feminine Turque)

1. Turk, resident or native of Turkey
   • 1680, Molière, “Acte IV, Scene V”, in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme [The Middle-Class Aristocrat]‎^[1], page 89:

     Le Mufti commande aux Turcs de baſtonner le Bourgeois, […]

     The mufti orders the Turks to batter the bourgeois, […]

2. (figurative, archaic, derogatory) brutal or cruel person, barbarian, Turk (archaic, derogatory sense)
   • 1668, Molière, L’Avare [The Miser]:

     Bagatelles ici ! Je te défie d’attendrir, du côté de l’argent, l’homme dont il est question. Il est Turc là-dessus, mais d’une turquerie à désespérer tout le monde ; et l’on pourrait crever qu’il n’en branlerait pas.

     Trifles here! I defy you to soften the man in question when it comes to money. He is a Turk on that score, but of a Turkishness enough to drive everyone to despair; and one could drop dead and he wouldn’t give a damn.

Derived terms

• bander comme un Turc
• fort comme un Turc
• fumer comme un Turc
• Grand Turc
• tête de Turc

Related terms

• turc
• Turquie

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: tik

Anagrams

• crut, crût, truc

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin Turcus, from Medieval Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²)

Noun

Turc oblique singular, m (oblique plural Turs, nominative singular Turs, nominative plural Turc)

1. Turk (Turkish person)

Descendants

• French: Turc
  • Haitian Creole: tik
• → Middle English: Turke, Turc, Turk
  • English: Turk

Romanian

Etymology

From turc.

Proper noun

Turc m (genitive/dative lui Turc)

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym