Turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan and other regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, language of the Turkman people
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Turkmen Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
turkmen
n
1. a member of a turkic people living in turkmenistan and neighboring areas [syn: turkoman, turkmen, turcoman]
2. a republic in asia east of the caspian sea and south of kazakhstan and north of iran; an asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 [syn: turkmenistan, turkomen, turkmen, turkmenia]
3. the turkic language spoken by the turkoman people [syn: turkmen, turkoman, turcoman]
Turkmen is a Turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey.
The language is: Turkmen
The language is: Turkmen
Noun
1. a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
(synonym) Turkoman, Turcoman
(hypernym) Turki
2. a republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
(synonym) Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmenia
(hypernym) country, state, land
(member-holonym) Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS
(part-holonym) Asia
(part-meronym) Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan
3. the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman people
(synonym) Turkoman, Turcoman
(hypernym) Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language
Adjective
1. of or relatin to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture
(pertainym) Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia
Turkmen Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Turkmen or Turkoman or Turkman may refer to:
- Of or relating to Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, specifically:
- Turkmen SSR, that country as a constituent republic of the former Soviet Union
- Turkmen language, the national language of Turkmenistan
- Turkmen people, an ethnic group speaking the Turkmen language located in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Iran
- Iraqi Turkmen, an ethnic minority living in northern Iraq
- Syrian Turkmen, an ethnic minority of Oghuz Turkish descent living in Syria
- Oghuz Turks, a large branch of Turkic peoples
- Specially, Muslim Nomadic Oghuz Turks (the most common usage of the word "Turkmen", in 10th-18th centuries)
- In Turkey and the former Ottoman Empire, 'Turkmen' often refers to those now called Yörük
- Karapapaks or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus
- Turkoman horse, or Turkmene, an extinct breed of horse from Turkmenistan
- Turkoman (horse) (born 1982), proper name of a thoroughbred race horse
- A name for a hybrid camel
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Türkmen may refer to:
Surname
- Dogan Türkmen, Turkish diplomat
- Ilter Türkmen, Turkish diplomat
- Tayfun Türkmen, Turkish football player
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