From robin@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx Tue Sep 28 10:01:11 1999 X-Digest-Num: 247 Message-ID: <44114.247.1359.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:01:11 +0300 From: Robin Turner > "Turkey" or "Türkiye" (preferably both). {turkie} or {turki,e} manage this > > reasonably well (if you try saying them out loud, the result is pretty > > similar). A final consonant needs to be as unobtrusive as possible, so I'd > > still go for {s} . Incidentally, {turkiet} sounds a bit too much like > > "Türkiyat", the old word for "Türkoloji" for my tastes. > > And incidentally, the country is actually called Turkiet in Swedish... Hmm, if there are any other languages that do this, then {turki,et} might be worth it, I suppose. > > What does Türkoloji mean? (Have I missed something here?) > It's the study of things Turkish/Turkic. "Türkiyat" is a word I've only seen in dictionaries. I imagine the Turkish Language Institute would prefer something "purer" like "Türkbilim" ;-) co'o mi'e robin.