토이기

Korean

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Toigi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Toigi
McCune–Reischauer?T'oigi
Yale Romanization?thoiki

Proper noun

토이기 • (Toigi) (hanja 土耳其)

  1. (now only Yanbian, archaic in the Koreas) Synonym of 튀르키예 (Twireukiye, “Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)”).

Usage notes

In South Korean media sources, 튀르키예 (Twireukiye) or 터키 (Teoki) became more common than 토이기(土耳其) (Toigi) around 1967.

Derived terms
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