Save Type Country Usage Mongolian, Ossetian Scripts Турк(Mongolian Cyrillic, Ossetian) Pronounced Pron. /ˈtʰʊˑrkʰ/(Mongolian) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from the ethnonym Turk, which is of Old Turkic origin possibly meaning "ancestry". This is the Mongolian and Ossetian name for Turkey.