Cuman

See also: cuman

English

Alternative forms

• Kuman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin Cumani, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈk(j)uːmən/

Noun

Cuman (plural Cumans)

1. (historical) A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Translations

member of the Cuman people

• Azerbaijani: Kuman
• Bulgarian: кумани pl (kumani)
• Czech: Plavci pl
• German: Kumane m, Kumanin f
• Greek: Κουμάνοι pl (Koumánoi)
• Hungarian: kun (hu)
• Khakas: хуман (xuman)
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• Polish: Połowcy pl
• Portuguese: cumano (pt) m
• Romanian: cuman (ro), cumani pl
• Russian: по́ловцы (ru) m pl (pólovcy)
• Turkish: Kuman (tr)
• Ukrainian: по́ловці m pl (pólovci)

Proper noun

Cuman

1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Translations

language of the Cuman people

• German: Kumanisch n
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• Khakas: хуман тілі (xuman tìlì)

See also

• Kipchak
• Pecheneg

Anagrams

• Camun