Turkic Languages Dictionary
The free Turkic languages dictionary on TurkicLex covers all 9 major Turkic languages — Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tatar, Uyghur, and Bashkir. Browse 85,000+ English source words with community-verified translations across the entire Turkic language family, spoken by 200 million people worldwide.
What Are the Turkic Languages?
The Turkic language family is one of the world's major language families, with over 200 million native speakers across a continuous belt from Turkey and the Caucasus through Central Asia to Siberia and northwestern China. All Turkic languages share core structural features: subject-object-verb (SOV) word order, vowel harmony (where vowels within a word harmonize in frontness and roundness), and agglutinative morphology (where grammatical meaning is built up by adding suffixes to a root).
Linguists divide the family into three main branches:
- Oghuz — Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen. The largest branch by speaker count; Turkish alone has 88 million speakers.
- Kipchak — Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir. Spoken across the Eurasian steppe from the Urals to the Tian Shan.
- Karluk — Uzbek, Uyghur. Rooted in the ancient Karluk confederation of Central Asia.
Because of shared grammar and significant shared vocabulary (especially in basic words and cultural terms), knowing one Turkic language gives a meaningful head start in learning any other. TurkicLex's cross-language comparison tool lets you see this relationship directly.
Browse All 9 Turkic Language Dictionaries
Each language dictionary includes English translations, example sentences, and pronunciation guides.
Turkish
Turkey & Cyprus
Uzbek
Uzbekistan
Kazakh
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijan
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmen
Turkmenistan
Tatar
Tatarstan, Russia
Uyghur
Xinjiang, China
Bashkir
Bashkortostan, Russia
Compare the Same Word Across All 9 Turkic Languages
TurkicLex is the only Turkic languages dictionary with a side-by-side comparison tool. Type any English word to see how it translates into every Turkic language at once — and spot the shared roots immediately.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Turkic Languages
What languages are in the Turkic language family?↓
The major Turkic languages include Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tatar, Uyghur, and Bashkir. TurkicLex covers all 9 of these in its free Turkic languages dictionary. The family also includes dozens of smaller languages and dialects across Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Siberia.
How many people speak Turkic languages?↓
The Turkic language family has over 200 million native speakers worldwide. Turkish alone accounts for roughly 88 million speakers, making it the largest. Uzbek follows with around 35 million, Azerbaijani with 25 million, and Kazakh with 18 million. Together, Turkic languages span a continuous belt from Turkey and the Caucasus across Central Asia to Siberia and northwestern China.
Are Turkic languages mutually intelligible?↓
Mutual intelligibility varies by sub-branch. Turkish and Azerbaijani speakers have high mutual intelligibility (often cited at 60–80%). Uzbek and Uyghur (both Karluk branch) share significant vocabulary. Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tatar (Kipchak branch) are mutually closer to one another than to Turkish. All 9 languages share structural features — SOV word order, vowel harmony, and agglutinative morphology — which makes learning one easier once you know another.
Is there a free Turkic languages dictionary?↓
Yes. TurkicLex is a free, community-verified Turkic languages dictionary with 85,000+ English source words translated into Turkish, Uzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Tatar, Uyghur, and Bashkir. It also features a side-by-side comparison tool that shows how the same word appears across all 9 Turkic languages at once.
What is the largest Turkic language?↓
Turkish is the largest Turkic language by speaker count, with approximately 88 million native speakers, primarily in Turkey and Cyprus. It is the official language of Turkey and one of the official languages of Cyprus. Turkish belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic family, alongside Azerbaijani and Turkmen.
What script do Turkic languages use?↓
Turkic languages use a variety of scripts. Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen use Latin alphabets. Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, and Bashkir use Cyrillic. Uyghur uses a Perso-Arabic script (written right-to-left). Historically, all Turkic languages used the Old Turkic (Orkhon) script, then Arabic script, before transitioning to Latin or Cyrillic in the 20th century.