adj.
Pronunciation: ' sel- ˌ jük, sel- '
Variant: or Sel · ju · ki · an \ sel- ' jü-k ē - ə n \
Function: adjective
Etymology: Turkish Selçuk, eponymous ancestor of the dynasties
Date: 1603
1 : of or relating to any of several Turkish dynasties ruling over a great part of western Asia in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries
2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Turkish people ruled over by a Seljuk dynasty
– Seljuk or Seljukian noun