Turkish words in your language

Toke this from TDK site a long time ago:

HANG� D�LDE NE KADAR T�RK�E S�ZC�K VAR Akal�n, yaz� dilimizdeki yakla��k 400 al�nt�ya kar��l�k Yunanca'ya yakla��k 3 bin T�rk�e k�kenli s�z verildi�ini vurgulayarak, ''Macarca'dan ald���m�z 18 s�ze kar��l�k bu dilde yakla��k 2 bin T�rk�e al�nt� var. T�rkiye T�rk�esi'nde Rus�a al�nt� 38 iken, Rus�a'daki T�rk�e al�nt�lar yakla��k 2500'd�r. B�t�n bunlar T�rk�e'nin kom�u uluslar� ve k�lt�rleri b�y�k �l��de etkiledi�ini g�steriyor'' diye konu�tu. Akal�n, �ince'de 307, Fars�a'da yakla��k 3 bin, Urduca'da 227, Arap�a'da yakla��k 2 bin, Ukraynaca'da 747, Ermenice'de 4 bin 262, Fince'de 118, Rumence'de yakla��k 3 bin, Bulgarca'da yakla��k 3 bin 500, S�rp�a'da 8 bin 742, �ek�e'de 248, �talyanca'da 146, Arnavut�a'da yakla��k 3 bin, �ngilizce'de 470, Almanca'da 166 T�rk�e k�kenli s�zc�k oldu�u ortaya konuldu�unu anlatt�. Akan�n, ''Listeden anla��laca�� gibi, bir s�zc���m�z�n birka� dile ge�ti�ini g�z �n�ne ald���m�zda d�nya dillerindeki T�rk�e k�kenli s�zc�klerin say�s�n�n 35-40 bin civar�nda oldu�u g�r�l�r'' dedi.

quick translation:

How many Turkish words are in wich language:

Weve loaned from Greek around 400 words but we gave them almost 3000 words, so is with hungarian, weve loaned 18 hungarian words but we gave them almost 2 000 Turkish words, in Turkey's Turkish there are 38 Russian words borrowed but we gave them almost 2500 words.

Also there are in Chinese 307, Persian almost 3 000, Urdu 227, Arabic almost 2 000, ukranian 747, armenian 4 262, finnish 118, Romanian almost 3 000, Bulgarian almost 3 500, serbian 8 742, czech 248, italian 146, Albanian almost 3 000, English 470 and in German 166 words loaned from Turkish.

As you see Serbian and Armenian languages have the most loaned words from Turkish, but serbian suprises me over there...


edit: Yiannis you confused me but thanks for the tip (loaned)


Edited by DayI - 22-Jun-2006 at 10:57

Originally posted by Akolouthos Does anyone know whether or not any Turkish words made it into the English language, or influenced pre-existing English words?

The only Turkish word in English I am aware of is Yoghurt. (yogurt in Turkish)

Does anyone know whether or not any Turkish words made it into the English language, or influenced pre-existing English words?

There are tons in Bulgarian, especially in the colloquial form. I love to annoy Bulgarians by pointing out some of the words they use are Turkish 

Some examples:

Adjeb - Whether
djam - glas
kofte - meatball
dyushek - matrice
shkembe - stomach
yorgan - cover


I cannot think of any more ... I usually discover them during conversations.

Dear Xristar,

Feleki is correct.turkish.Yavri=yavru is like son or daugther.yavrukus=small bird.

Tabouri=Tabur ;a big group of soldier
Tuefeki we use in turkish.

Touk Kiotsku =Tavuk gogsu Chicken Chest



I am really happy to hear those words from you.

Also we use lots of greek words in Turkish.

All Fish kinds.

Kefal,Barbunya,Uskumru,Kolyos,Torik,iskorpit,Trakonya
istavrit,mezgit

Because our roots from central asia and we do not know what is sea :)

We took all the fishing words from greek also.

Iskarmoz,Usturmaca,Lumboz,Pruva (i think this is from italians)Pupa,Aganta burina burinata,

istavroz,Ayazma,Kilise,Efendi(a greek friend told me that it is coming from Atfendios or something?)
Papas,Yortu,

Kalderimi in greek is the road with cobble stones.