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Turkman

/ˈtɝkmən/ US
/ˈtɜːkmən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kmən

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تركمان (Türkmân), from Persian ترکمان (torkamân). Doublet of Turcoman and Turkmen.

As singular of Turkmen, influenced by the English man, plural men.

noun Turkmans · Turkmen · Turkmán · Türkman

Synonym of Turkmen. Turkmans used to live beside other tribes in Central Asia, groups such as Kalmyks, Quirqiz, Uzbeks, Tatars and Mongols. Through three large-scale immigrations, which have taken place since the tenth century, Turkmans came to the Iranian plateau from Central Asia, where Buddhist, Manavist, Animist, T
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@misc{turkman_2026,
  title = {Turkman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turkman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}