土耳古

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土 耳 古
と
Grade: 1
(ateji) 		る
Grade: 1
(ateji) 		こ
Grade: 2
(ateji)
kan'on irregular kan'on

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)), with 「土耳」 from Mandarin 土耳其 (Tǔ'ěrqí, “Turkey”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 土耳古 – see the following entry.
【トルコ】
[proper noun] Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)
(This term, 土耳古, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

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