Turkey

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Scientific name 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.4.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 See also

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: tûr'kē
• IPA: /ˈtʌɽkɪj/

Proper noun

Turkey

1. Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Turkey. See w:Turkey

Translations

• Arabic: تركيا (Turkiyā)
• Armenian: Թուրքիա (Ṭourḳia)
• Bosnian: Turska f
• Basque: Turkia
• Bosnian: Turska f
• Breton: Turkia
• Bulgarian: Турция (Turcija)
• Catalan: Turquia
• Chinese: 土耳其 (Tu'erqi)
• Czech: Turecko
• Danish: Tyrkiet
• Dutch: Turkije
• Esperanto: Turkio, Turkujo
• Finnish: Turkki
• French: Turquie f
• Georgian: თურქეთი (Ṭurḳeṭi)
• German: Türkei f
• Greek: Τουρκία f
• Hebrew: טורקייה (Turkiya)
• Hungarian: Törökország
• Indonesian: Turki
• Interlingua: Turchia
• Irish: an-Tuirc f
• Italian: Turchia f
• Japanese: トルコ (Toruko)
• Lithuanian: Turkija
• Macedonian: Турција (Turcija)
• Malay: Turki
• Korean: 터키 (Teoki)
• Norwegian: Tyrkia
• Persian: ترکیه (Torkīye)
• Polish: Turcja
• Portuguese: Turquia f
• Romanian: Turcia f
• Russian: Турция (Turcija)
• Slovak: Turecko n
• Slovene: Turčija f
• Spanish: Turquía f
• Swahili: Uturuki
• Swedish: Turkiet
• Thai: ตุรกี (Tunkī)
• Turkish: Türkiye
• Ukrainian: Туреччина (Tureččyna)
• Vietnamese: Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
• Yiddish: טערקײַ (Terkay)

Noun

turkey (plural turkeys)

1. Either of two species of bird in the family Meleagrididae with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.
2. (colloquial) A failure.

   That film was a turkey.

3. (slang, usually derogatory) A stupid or incompetent person.

   The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.

Scientific name

Meleagris gallopavo

Photo of turkeys, the birds:

Synonyms

• (failure): flop
• (stupid person): fool, idiot, jerk (US), plonker (UK), prat (UK)

Derived terms

• turkey vulture

Translations

bird

Albanian: gjeli i detit Arabic: ديك هندي, ديك رومي Azari: hindishga Basque: indioilar, indioilo Belarusian: дзікая індычка Bosnian: ćurka f, purica f Breton: yar-Indez f yer-Indez plural, kilhog-Indez m kilheien-Indez plural Bulgarian: пуйка f Catalan: gall dindi, polla d’índia (paó) Chinese: 火鸡 (huǒ jī) Croatian: puran Czech: krocan m, krůta f Danish: kalkun Dutch: kalkoen f Esperanto: meleagro Estonian: kalkun Faroese: kalkun Finnish: kalkkuna French: dinde f, dindon m Frisian: kalkoen Friulian: dindi, dindiat Gallegan: pavo German: Truthahn m, Truthenne f; Puter m, Pute f Greek: γαλοπούλα, διάνος, κούρκος Hebrew: (tarnegol hodu) Hungarian: pulyka Icelandic: kalkún Indonesian: kalkun, ayam kalkun, ajam belanda Irish: turcaí Italian: tacchino m

Japanese: 七面鳥 (しちめんちょう, shichimenchō) Ladin: tachin Latvian: tītars Lithuanian: kalakutas Lower Sorbian: truta, trutawa, turk Macedonian: мисир , (misir) m, мисирка (misirka) f Malay: ayam Belanda Maltese: dundjan Norwegian: kalkun Occitan: piòt Persian: (bugalamun) Polish: indyk Portuguese: peru Romanian: curcan m, curc&#259 f Romansh: galdin Romany: tudkano m, tudka f Russian: дикая индейка (dikaja indejka) Sami: kálkon Sardinian: dindu, caboni de ěndias, pudda d’ěndia Scottish: pulaidh Serbian: ћуран (ćuran) Slovak: moriak m, morka f Slovenian: puran m, pura f Spanish: pavo m; (Mexican) guajolote m Swahili: bata mzinga Swedish: kalkon Turkish: hindi Ukrainian: індик (indik) Upper Sorbian: truta, trutak Welsh: twrci Yiddish: indik

failure

stupid person

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is not necessarily reliable.

• Bulgarian: провал n (2), глупак m (3)

See also

• Wikipedia article on Turkey
• Wikipedia article on turkeys, the birds
• Wiktionary appendix of countries