List of English Words of Turkic Origin - S

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Sabot
from Old French çabot, alteration of savate "old shoe", probably of Turkish or Arabic origin.
Saic
from French saïque, from Turkish shaika.
Saiga
from Russian saĭgá(k), from Turkic; cf. Chagatai sayğak
Saker
through Old French from Arabic saqr, probably from Turkic sonqur, which means "a falcon".
Samiel
from Turkish samyeli, sam, "poisonous" + yel, "wind".
Sanjak
from Turkish sancak, which means "a banner"
Sarma
from Turkish sarma, which means "wrapping"
Saxaul
from Russian saksaul, which is from Kazakh seksevil. A leafless xerophytic shrub or tree of the family Chenopodiaceae of Asia that has green or greenish branches and is used for stabilization of desert soils.
Selamlik
from Turkish Selamlık.
Seljuk
from Turkish Selçuk, "eponymous ancestor of the dynasties". Of or relating to any of several Turkic dynasties that ruled over a great part of western Asia in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
Seraskier
from Turkish serasker, from Persian ser "head, chief" + Arabic asker "an army".
Sevruga
through Russian sevryuga ultimately from Tatar söirök.
Shabrack
from French schabraque, from German schabracke, from Hungarian csáprág, from Turkish çaprak
Shagreen
from Turkish sağrı, which means "the back of a horse"
Shaman
from Turkic word šamán.
Shashlik
from Russian шашлык, which is from Crimean Tatar şışlık, which means "shish kebab"
Shawarma
ultimately from Turkish çevirme, which literally means "turning"
Shish
from Turkish şiş, which literally means "a skewer"
Shish kebab
from Turkish şiş kebabı
Shor
from Russian, of Turko-Mongol origin; akin to Kalmyk & Mongolian sor "salt", Turkish sure "brackish soil". A salt lake in Turkestan, a salina.
Som
from Kirghiz, "crude iron casting, ruble"

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