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TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by bluesDREAMS » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:54 am

TURKU is quite similar to my countrys name TURKIYE (TURKEY in English), TURK+U seems like belong to TURKS , since I believe Finns and Turks are coming from similar ancestors (or at least lived as neighbour) TURKU word can have a related meaning with Turks...do you have any idea or knowledge about the meaning of TURKU word?


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Post by Hank W. » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:10 am

"Turku" is an ancient word for 'marketplace' ; in estonian "turg" in Swedish "torg" from ancient Russian "turgu".

I have about as good theory about the name: "Turkey" is named after the people that were selling in the marketplace (turg), who then ran away screaming ei- ei -ei (no in Finnish) - as it was too cold here and business was bad and found a nice warm place with beaches and lemon tea and Greeks to haggle with :lol:
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Re: TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by sammy » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:53 am

bluesDREAMS wrote:TURKU is quite similar to my countrys name TURKIYE (TURKEY in English), TURK+U seems like belong to TURKS , since I believe Finns and Turks are coming from similar ancestors (or at least lived as neighbour) TURKU word can have a related meaning with Turks...do you have any idea or knowledge about the meaning of TURKU word?
And you know, the word Ankara means "strict" in Finnish. So your theory must be strictly true... not really

On the other hand, Turkki -the Finnish form of Turkey- means "fur coat" so what would you make of that? Them ancient people must have been quite strict with haggling, when selling their fur coats on the marketplace...

BUT - if you wish, you can have Turku. When would be the most suitable time for you to come and dig it up? It could fit rather nicely somewhere next to the strait of Bosphorus.

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Post by Richard » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:51 am

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Re: TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by efx » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:18 am

sammy wrote: On the other hand, Turkki -the Finnish form of Turkey- means "fur coat"
interesting :rainbow:
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Re: TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by Hank W. » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 pm

sammy wrote: BUT - if you wish, you can have Turku. When would be the most suitable time for you to come and dig it up? It could fit rather nicely somewhere next to the strait of Bosphorus.
Actually, I think that as we call the Swedish-speakers "hurri", this must be related to the ancient Hurrians, so they are their long-lost relatives. ;)
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Post by sammy » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:17 pm

Hank W. wrote:Actually, I think that as we call the Swedish-speakers "hurri", this must be related to the ancient Hurrians, so they are their long-lost relatives. ;)
Oh - I always thought the word "hurri" was derived from Herrey's :twisted:

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Post by EP » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:28 pm

I have haggled for a turkki (well, fur inside) on a turku in Istanbul.

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Re: TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by Coren » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:02 pm

Hank W. wrote:
sammy wrote: BUT - if you wish, you can have Turku. When would be the most suitable time for you to come and dig it up? It could fit rather nicely somewhere next to the strait of Bosphorus.
Actually, I think that as we call the Swedish-speakers "hurri", this must be related to the ancient Hurrians, so they are their long-lost relatives. ;)
I thought the word somewhat origins from Swedish yelling "Hurraa!", while Finns yell "Eläköön!". :)

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Post by sammy » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:15 pm

Coren wrote:I thought the word somewhat origins from Swedish yelling "Hurraa!", while Finns yell "Eläköön!". :)
Could be... although, by extrapolation, this means that I'm an eläkeläinen instead of suomalainen :wink: (not true quite yet...)

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Post by Coren » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:18 pm

sammy wrote: Could be... although, by extrapolation, this means that I'm an eläkeläinen instead of suomalainen :wink: (not true quite yet...)
There's nothing to be shamed of in being eläkeläinen. :wink:

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Post by bunny » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:48 am

Coren are u heading that way?????

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Re: TURKU means TURKS or not?

Post by Ilkka » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:09 pm

Hei! "Turku" name is known as an old name for market/trade/bazaar center in Slavic languages. Most probably the name "Turku" being created by Slav countries pursuant to the Turks due to in old days Turkey or Ottoman Empire being the centre of trade in most cases for Europeans as well as others. Also both Finnish and Turkish belonging in the same language family (Altaic/Altay), in our daily lives we do see very similar words, which gets used in both countries even though they may not mean the same.


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