Τοῦρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ترک (turk), from Middle Persian [Term?] (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.kos/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.kos/

Noun

Τοῦρκος • (Toûrkos) m (genitive Τοῦρκου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) A Turk

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τοῦρκος; τοῦ Τούρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Τοῦρκος ho Toûrkos	τὼ Τούρκω tṑ Toúrkō	οἱ Τοῦρκοι hoi Toûrkoi
Genitive	τοῦ Τούρκου toû Toúrkou	τοῖν Τούρκοιν toîn Toúrkoin	τῶν Τούρκων tôn Toúrkōn
Dative	τῷ Τούρκῳ tôi Toúrkōi	τοῖν Τούρκοιν toîn Toúrkoin	τοῖς Τούρκοις toîs Toúrkois
Accusative	τὸν Τοῦρκον tòn Toûrkon	τὼ Τούρκω tṑ Toúrkō	τοὺς Τούρκους toùs Toúrkous
Vocative	Τοῦρκε Toûrke	Τούρκω Toúrkō	Τοῦρκοι Toûrkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τουρκία (Tourkía)
• Τούρκικος (Toúrkikos)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Τοῦρκος”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1066