토이기어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 土耳其語, from 土耳其 (“Turkey”) + 語 (“language”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞iɡiʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [토이기어]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	toigieo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	toigieo
McCune–Reischauer?	t'oigiŏ
Yale Romanization?	thoikie

Proper noun

토이기어 • (Toigieo) (hanja 土耳其語)

1. (dated, linguistics) Turkic language

   Synonyms: 튀르크어 (twireukeueo), 투르크어 (tureukeueo)

   • 1987, 이숭녕 [isungnyeong], “ko:나의 학문편력<12> 이숭녕 박사<전 서울대교수>”, in Maeil Business Newspaper‎^[1]:

     고대토이기어와의비교

     godae Toigieowaui bigyo

     comparison with Old Turkic

2. (dated) the Turkish language

   Synonym: 터키어 (teokieo)