Turkmen (redirected from Turkmens)

Turk·men  (tûrkmn, -mn)

n. pl. Turkmen or Turk·mens

1. A native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan.

2. also Tur·ko·man or Tur·co·man (tûrk-mn) pl. Turkoman or Turcoman or Tur·ko·mans or Tur·co·mans A member of a traditionally nomadic Turkic people inhabiting Turkmenistan and neighboring areas in Iran and Afghanistan.

3. also Turkoman or Turcoman The Turkic language of the Turkmen.

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[Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian Turkmn, from turkmn, like a Turk, from Turk, Turk; see Turki.]

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Turkmen, Turko·man, Turco·man adj.

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Noun	1.	Turkmen - a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas Turcoman, Turkoman Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Turkmen - a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 Ashkhabad, capital of Turkmenistan - the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan Kara Kum, Qara Qum, Turkestan Desert - a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
	3.	Turkmen - the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman Turcoman, Turkoman Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages
Adj.	1.	Turkmen - of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture