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    Posted: 12-Aug-2007 at 20:23
Any suggestions?
 
(Please do not quote Chinese sources, as none of those sources are related to the origin of the word Turk as an ethnonym. They are simply Chinese adaptations.)
 
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The word might have an old Persian/Samskrit origin.
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Dunno, but im pretty sure a recent topic covered the question with typical gusto..See if you can find it on the earlier posts, or try searching for it.
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Originally posted by kamran

The word might have an old Persian/Samskrit origin.
I don't think so...
 
The word Trk comes from Kk Trks.
 
Kk means Blue. And there are so many theory about meaning of Trk. I want to give one of them.
 
Trk might come from,
 
Tre - Tremek - Cogalmak (Increase in population)
Tremis - Cogalmis - Artmis (Increased)
 
In Turkish we have suffixes -ik -k -uk For example;
 
Git-mis = Gid-ik
Yit-mis = Yit-ik 
 
and maybe,
 
Tre-mis = Tr-k
         
PROUD TO BE TURKMEN...

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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Aug-2007 at 20:11
That sounds very logical.
Thank you.
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lol what is your name's etymology sikiskentavşan? :P just kidding
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  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Aug-2007 at 17:31

I guess I am a genetically modified rabbit with one thing in mind :)
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