"turn Turk" meaning in English

See turn Turk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: turns Turk [present, singular, third-person], turning Turk [participle, present], turned Turk [participle, past], turned Turk [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn Turk (third-person singular simple present turns Turk, present participle turning Turk, simple past and past participle turned Turk)
  1. To go to the bad; to become hopelessly obstinate.
    Sense id: en-turn_Turk-en-verb-K~arMly1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19
  2. (obsolete) To convert to Islam. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-turn_Turk-en-verb-N~BweJVr Disambiguation of Islam: 7 93

Inflected forms

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