English words from Turkic
- AltaiThe people living in the region of the Altai mountains.
- KarakoramA mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.
- samsaA Central Asian bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables.
- airanA Turkish cold drink made from yoghurt and water with salt and sometimes herbs.
- alachaA kind of cotton cloth from India.
- aqsaqalA village elder in some Central Asian cultures.
- arkhaligA long tight-waist jacket worn by the peoples of the Caucasus and Iran, made of various kinds of fabric, such as silk, satin, cloth, cashmere and velvet, traditionally depending on the social status of its owner.
- dzhigitA skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
- karaburanA hot dusty northeasterly wind in the Tarim Basin in Central Asia.
- karakulA sheep of a Central Asian breed.
- OghurA language family, a subfamily of Turkic, of which Chuvash is the only surviving member.
- qishlaqA rural settlement (originally for the winter period) of seminomadic Turkic peoples of Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.