Turkifyv.
/ˈtəːkɪfʌɪ/ transitive. To render Turkish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Turkey > [verb (transitive)]
Turkize1599
Turkify1682
Ottomanize1886
Turkicize1939
1682 A. Behn False Count v. i. 54 I hope the Jade will be Turkeyfied with a vengeance.
1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. ii. 9 With Sashes, Turbans, and Paboutches..And all things fitting and expedient To turkify our gracious R—g—nt.
1911 Contemp. Rev. July 11 They believed that every institution ought to be Turkified.
Derivatives
Turcification n. a rendering Turkish.
ΚΠ
1922 Buxton & Conwil-Evans Oppressed Peoples & League of Nations v. 132 The Armenians..resisted all attempts at ‘turcification’.
1949 J. Parkes Hist. Palestine xii. 241 Unhappily at this point the new policy of Turcification caused the government to maintain the deposition [of the Patriarch Damianus], as they had no intention of supporting what appeared—and was—an Arab demonstration.
Turkifiˈcation n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Turkey > [noun] > making
Turkification1911
Turkicization1964
1911 Contemp. Rev. July 12 The desire for Turkification.
1976 Economist 4 Sept. 45/1 The demographic Turkification of the north will soon be complete.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
v.1682