turski

Turski is an adjective used in several South Slavic languages, notably Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin, meaning Turkish or of Turkey. It is employed to describe people, language, culture, and things associated with the Republic of Turkey. For reference to a Turkish person, the typical forms are Turčin (male), Turkinja (female), with the plural Turci (men or people) and Turkinje (women) in everyday usage.

When referring to language, one often encounters phrases such as turski jezik or turski govor, while references to culture or cuisine use terms like turska kuhinja or turska kultura. In these languages, the adjective turski is generally written with a lowercase initial, as is standard for adjectives, unless it appears at the start of a sentence or in a proper noun context.

In Turkish itself, the corresponding terms are Türke or Türk, and Türkçe is used for the Turkish language. The Slavic term turski reflects historical contact with Turkey and the Ottoman realm, rather than being a direct Turkish self-designation.

Etymology traces turski to the ethnonym Tur/Turk, through Latin Turcus and Greek Tourkos, ultimately linked to the group known as Turkic peoples. Related linguistic and cultural terms include Turk, Turkic, and Turkish, which appear in various languages with their own forms and usages.

In summary, turski denotes Turkish-related attributes within South Slavic languages, distinct from the Turkish self-designations used in Turkish.