Kök Türük

A form of Göktürk — A member of a powerful nomadic confederation in medieval Asia

OriginOld Turkic [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounKök Türük (plural Kök Türüks or Kök Türük)

plural Kök Türüks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Göktürk.

    […] Kök Türük pastoralists […]

    1998, Joseph Ginat, editor, Changing Nomads in a Changing World, page 251
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    While they were the royal lineage of the Kök Türük, they were equally the royal lineage of the Basmil, the On Ok and other confederations of the region in the early Middle Ages.

    1999, Korkut A. Ertürk, Rethinking Central Asia: Non-Eurocentric Studies in History, page 98

    […] Kök Türük (Old Turkic) terminology from the Orkhon Inscriptions […]

    2003, Rita Liljestrom, Autonomy and Dependence in the Family

Origin

  1. Old Turkic[Term?]
  2. EnglishKök Türük

Borrowed from Old Turkic [Term?].

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APA

Kök Türük. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6k%20T%C3%BCr%C3%BCk

MLA

“Kök Türük.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6k%20T%C3%BCr%C3%BCk. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kök Türük,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/K%C3%B6k%20T%C3%BCr%C3%BCk.

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