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Turkic Loanwords in English - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 25 times
- The average score is 5 of 14
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A blood sucking creature from folklore. Via Slavic.* | vampire | 75%
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| A sour and thick fermented dairy product. | yogurt | 75%
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| A troop of plundering nomads, or a large number of something. The successor state of the Mongols in today's Russia is called the Golden ___. | horde | 67%
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| Conifer forests just south of the tundra. | taiga | 54%
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| An aromatic citrus fruit, used in perfume and in Earl Grey tea. The word was probably influenced by an Italian city.* | bergamot | 38%
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| A card game for four players, popular with old people.* | bridge | 33%
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| Sodomite. From 'Bulgar', originally a Turkish tribe.* | bugger | 29%
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| A brown cat, similar to the lynx, native to Africa and Asia. Literally 'black ear' in Turkish. | c{aracal} | 29%
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| A secret network of government and military officials pursuing its own interests in defiance of elected politicians. A popular term for conspiracy theorists. This is a literal word for word translation of a Turkish idiom (calque) adopted in 1997. | {deep state} | 29%
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| A sleeveless vest or coat. Or 'the best a man can get'. | gilet | 29%
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| A piece of cloth worn over the head and neck, covering everything except the eyes. | balaclava | 25%
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| A cold cut of beef from Romania. Can be served with mustard on rye bread. | pastrami | 25%
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| A type of Indian curry. Often braised chicken served with almonds. | korma | 17%
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| A spineless subordinate, a sycophant.* | l{ackey} | 13%
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