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Turco-, Turko-|ˈtɜːkəʊ| combining form repr. med.L. Turcus or Turk. a. Used with adjs. or ns. denoting other peoples or countries, signifying ‘Turkish and..’ or ‘Turkishly..’, as Turco-Bulgarian, Turco-German, Turco-Italian, Turco-Persian, Turco-Russian, Turco-Tartar, Turco-Tatar, Turco-Tataric, etc.
1813A. Bruce Life Alex. Morus ii. 27 The iniquity of that Turcopopish government. 1813Q. Rev. Oct. 256/2 Turcotartarian. 1854Max Müller in C. Bunsen Christianity & Mankind III. 279 The still undivided ‘Turko-Tataric’ speech. 1854J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks 62 The ancient Turco-Tartar empire..extended to the Caspian and towards the Indus. 1865Reader No. 107. 33/3 Hungarian and Turco⁓tartaric dialects. 1880A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. Lang. II. viii. 190 The whole Turanian family..may be divided into five branches, the Finno-Ugric, the Turko-Tatar, the Samoyedic, the Mongolian, and the Tungusian. 1884Graphic 4 Oct. 360/3 The style is Turco-Byzantine—the beginning of the end. 1897Westm. Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/2 Other Greek statesmen..were also enamoured of the idea of a Turko-Greek alliance. 1903Daily Chron. 28 May 6/1 On my arrival I found the Turkish and Turco-Albanian population of the town calm. 1909Westm. Gaz. 13 July 1/3 In order to gain the confidence of the Turco-Cretans. 1909G. Drage in Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1921) XI. ix. 276 The settlement of the Turco-Persian frontier question. 1915W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 421 The Turco-German fleet. 1923G. Buchanan My Mission to Russia I. vi. 64 The Turco-Bulgarian agreement. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 567 Turco-Tatar and Caucasian languages. 1969V. N. Datta Jallianwala Bagh 5 The Turco-German organisation at Berne. 1982M. Bingham Princess Lieven xiii. 189 The Turco-Russian conflict rumbled on. b. in other derivatives, as Turcoˈcentric a., centred round Turkey or the Turks; hence ˌTurcocenˈtricity; Turˈcologist, one who is versed in Turkish history, literature, language, or art; also Turcoˈlogical a., Turˈcology; Turcoˈmania, a rage for Turkish manners or customs; excessive favour for Turkish policy, etc.; ˈTurcophil, -e a., tending to favour Turkey or the Turks; n. one who favours Turkey; hence Turˈcophilism, -ˈphilia; ˈTurcophobe, one who has a morbid fear or dislike of the Turks; so Turˈcophobist.
1964Jrnl. R. Central Asian Soc. LI. 72 A *Turco-centric history.
1969Middle Eastern Studies May 173 The passage is worth noting for Gökalp's *turcocentricity: ‘Europeans committed an historical sin by translating Attila's title..as ‘Scourge of God’.’
1952Round Table Dec. 25 The well of *Turcological study.
1881A. Vámbéry in Athenæum 31 Dec. 888/2 *Turcologists will be always thankful for his edition of the Cumanian glossary. 1951W. K. Matthews Languages U.S.S.R. iv. 63 Gyula Németh, the Hungarian turcologist. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1077/3 The Russians..began to produce excellent Persianists, Turcologists, Mongolists.
1918Q. Rev. Apr. 513 The transformation of the Medresses..into ‘National’ schools for the teaching of *Turkology. 1951W. K. Matthews Languages U.S.S.R. iv. 64 This uses phonetic as well as morphological data, and has received the sanction of Soviet turcology.
1834Ayesha I. i. 9 He had been bitten by the *turcomania to such a degree, that [etc.].
1876Times 16 June, *Turcophile. 1880Manch. Guard. 3 Nov., They are Turcophiles, but they would very much like to see a sequestration of Turkish revenues for their own advantage. 1895Eclectic Mag. Oct. 566 A Turkophil Bulgaria might come..to mean a great autonomous..Balkan Kingdom. 1903Speaker 10 Oct. 28/2 His wonderful achievement in destroying the great Turcophil tradition.
1908J. Morley Recoll. (1917) II. 245 Am I quite wrong in suspecting a degree of *Turcophilia in you? 1967C. Seton-Watson Italy from Liberalism to Fascism x. 376 William II was impressed. His Turcophilia of the previous autumn had by now quite vanished.
1880Daily News 7 Oct. 4/6 Their conduct is not to be ascribed to what they call *Turcophilism—meaning..affection for the Turk.
1896Westm. Gaz. 14 May 2/2 His kindness..should convince the sternest *Turkophobe.
1877J. Baker Turkey Pref. 4 Another resident of..long standing, but a *Turcophobist. |