Turkmen
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Turkmen¹
- /ˈtɜːk.mən/ UK
- /ˈtɝk.mən/ US
Where it comes from
The current majority view for the etymology of the ethnonym Türkmen or Turcoman is that it comes from Türk and the Turkic emphasizing suffix -men, meaning "'most Turkish of the Turks' or 'pure-blooded Turks.'" A folk etymology, dating back to the Middle Ages and found in al-Biruni and Mahmud al-Kashgari, instead derives the suffix -men from the Persian suffix -mānind, with the resulting word meaning "like a Turk". While formerly the dominant etymology in modern scholarship, this mixed Turkic-Persian derivation is now viewed as incorrect.
proper noun Turcoman · Turkoman · Turkman · Turkmán · Türkman · Türkmen
- A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan.
noun Turkmen · Turkmens · Turcoman · Turkoman · Turkman · Turkmán
- A person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent. The conquest took 16 years and ended in 1885 in a battle with the Afghans on the banks of the Murghab. During this period, the Turkmens offered the Russians stubborn resistance […]
adjective Turcoman · Turkoman · Turkman · Turkmán · Türkman · Türkmen
- Of, from, or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language.
Turkmen²
- /ˈtɜːk.mən/ UK
- /ˈtɝk.mən/ US
Where it comes from
Treated as a plural of the deprecated term Turkman, influenced by English man, plural men.
noun Türkmen
- plural of Turkman
Translations
Every language
name language spoken in Turkmenistan
| Español | turcomano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 투르크멘어 tureukeumeneo |
| 日本語 | トルクメン語 torukumengo |
| 中文 | 土庫曼語 /土库曼语 tǔkùmànyǔ |
| हिन्दी | तुर्कमेनी turkamenī |
| Kiswahili | Kiturukimeni |
| Português | turcomeno |
| Français | turkmène |
| Deutsch | Turkmenisch, turkmenische Sprache |
| Italiano | turkmeno |
| Română | turkmenă |
| Русский | туркме́нский turkménskij |
| العربية | اللُّغَة التُّرْكُمَانِيَّة al-luḡa t-turkumāniyya, التُّرْكُمَانِيَّة at-turkumāniyya |
noun person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent
| Español | turcomano, turcomana |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | トルクメン人 torukumenjin |
| 中文 | 土庫曼人 /土库曼人 tǔkùmànrén |
| हिन्दी | तुर्कमेनी turkamenī |
| Kiswahili | Mturukimeni |
| Português | turcomeno, turcomano |
| Français | Turkmène |
| Deutsch | Turkmene, Turkmenin |
| Română | turkmen, turkmenă |
| Русский | туркме́н turkmén, туркме́нка turkménka |
| العربية | تُرْكُمَانِيّ turkumāniyy, تُرْكُمَانِيَّة turkumāniyya |
adj of or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language
| Español | turcomano |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 土庫曼 /土库曼 Tǔkùmàn |
| हिन्दी | तुर्कमेनी turkamenī |
| Português | turcomeno, turcomano |
| Français | turkmène |
| Deutsch | turkmenisch |
| Italiano | turkmeno |
| Ελληνικά | τουρκμενικός tourkmenikós |
| Română | turkmen |
| Русский | туркме́нский turkménskij |
| العربية | تُرْكُمَانِيّ turkumāniyy |
Talk about this word "Turkmen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/turkmen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Turkmen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/turkmen "Turkmen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/turkmen.Cite this
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title = {Turkmen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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