突厥

Ultimately from a form which also gave rise to the name Türk (cf. Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚 (Türk), 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (Türük)), but the phonetics are difficult to reconcile.

It has been suggested that this is a transcription of Rouran *Türküt, a plural of the Mongolic type, composed of Türk + *-üt (Mongolic plural suffix, compare Khalkha Mongolian -үүд (-üüd)) (Pelliot, 1915). Pulleyblank (1965) proposed that this is a direct transcription of Türk.

突厥

1. (historical) Göktürks

   • 突厥之先，平涼雜胡也，姓阿史那氏。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     突厥之先，平凉杂胡也，姓阿史那氏。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Sui, 636 CE

     Tūjué zhī xiān, Píngliáng záhú yě, xìng Āshǐnà shì. [Pinyin]

     The Tujue's ancestors were assorted barbarians from Pingliang, surnamed Ashina.

2. Turk (collective name for various Turkic ethnic groups)

• Lee, Joo-Yup (2016) “The Historical Meaning of the Term Turk and the Nature of the Turkic Identity of the Chinggisid and Timurid Elites in Post-Mongol Central Asia”, in Central Asiatic Journal‎, volume 59, numbers 1–2, →DOI, pages 101–32

• IPA^(key): [to̞k̚ke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

突(とっ)厥(けつ) • (Tokketsu) 

1. the Turks
2. Mongolia

• 突(とっ)厥(けつ)文(も)字(じ) (Tokketsu moji)

突厥 • (Dolgwol) (hangeul 돌궐)

1. Hanja form^? of 돌궐 (“Turk; Göktürk”).

突厥

1. chữ Hán form of Đột Quyết (“Turk; Göktürk”).