In a conversation with the Tootai of Schicho, for instance, our Russian had to be translated into turki and thence interpreted in Chinese.
"Across Asia on a Bicycle"
Thomas Gaskell Allen and William Lewis Sachtleben
If asked whether they are Tatars, they reply no; and they call their language turki or Turuk, but not Tatari.
"Lectures on The Science of Language"
Max Müller
At dawn we found our companions halted, and praying at the Kahwat turki, another little coffee-house.
"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah"
Sir Richard Francis Burton