Turkmen

See also: turkmen, türkmén, and Türkmen

English

Etymology

Likely originally a variant of Turkman, influenced by Russian Туркме́н (Turkmén) or possibly Turkish or Turkmen Türkmen. As a plural of Turkman, probably also influenced by the English man→men plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːk.mən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɝk.mən/

Noun

Turkmen

1. plural of Turkman

Noun

Turkmen (countable and uncountable, plural Turkmen or Turkmens)

1. (countable) A person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent.
   • 2005, Chahryar Adle, History of Civilizations of Central Asia (page 316)

     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 […]

   • 2009, Barbara A. West, Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania (page 841)

     Keimir-Ker, a Turkmen from the Tekke clan, led a rebellion against the Persians […]

2. (uncountable) A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan.

Related terms

• Turcoman
• Turkoman
• Turkmenistan

Translations

Turkman — see Turkman

language spoken in Turkmenistan

• Armenian: թուրքմեներեն (hy) (tʻurkʻmeneren)
• Azerbaijani: türkmən dili
• Catalan: turcman (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土庫曼語／土库曼语 (tǔkùmànyǔ), 土库曼语 (tǔkùmànyǔ)

• Chuvash: туркмен чӗлхи (turkmen č̬ĕlh̬i)
• Czech: turkmenština f
• Dhivehi: ތުރުކު (turuku)
• Dutch: Turkmeens (nl) n
• Esperanto: turkmena lingvo
• Faroese: turkmenskt n
• Finnish: turkmeeni (fi)
• French: turkmène (fr) m
• German: Turkmenisch (de) n, turkmenische Sprache
• Japanese: トルクメン語 (ja) (torukumengo)
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• Kazakh: түрікмен тілі (türıkmen tılı)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تورکمانی (turkmanî)

• Kyrgyz: түркмөнчө (ky) (türkmöncö)
• Latvian: turkmēņu, turkmēņu valoda f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkmensk (no) m

  Nynorsk: turkmensk (nn) m

• Portuguese: turcomeno (pt) m
• Romanian: turkmenă (ro) f
• Russian: туркме́нский (ru) m (turkménskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: turkménčina (sk) f
• Spanish: turcomano (es) m
• Swahili: Kiturukimeni
• Swedish: turkmeniska (sv) c
• Turkish: Türkmence (tr)
• Turkmen: türkmen dili, türkmençe (tk)
• Uyghur: تۈركمەن تىلى (türkmen tili)

Adjective

Turkmen (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language.

Translations

of or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language

• Armenian: թուրքմենական (hy) (tʻurkʻmenakan)
• Azerbaijani: türkmən
• Belarusian: туркме́нскі (turkmjénski)
• Bulgarian: туркме́нски (turkménski)
• Catalan: turcman (ca)
• Czech: turkmenský
• Dutch: Turkmeens (nl)
• Esperanto: turkmena
• Faroese: turkmenskur m
• French: turkmène (fr)
• Georgian: თურქმენული (turkmenuli)
• German: turkmenisch (de)
• Hungarian: türkmén (hu)
• Kazakh: түрікмен (türıkmen)
• Kyrgyz: түркмөн (türkmön)
• Latvian: turkmēņu, turkmēnisks
• Macedonian: туркменски (turkmenski)
• Mongolian: туркмен (turkmen)

  Uyghurjin: ᠲᠦ᠋ᠷᠺᠮᠧᠨ (türkmēn)

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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turkmensk (no)

  Nynorsk: turkmensk (nn)

• Persian: ترکمنی (fa) (torkamani)
• Polish: turkmeński (pl) m
• Portuguese: turcomeno (pt), turcomano (pt)
• Romanian: turkmen (ro)
• Russian: туркме́нский (ru) (turkménskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ту̀ркме̄нскӣ

  Roman: tùrkmēnskī (sh)

• Slovak: turkménsky (sk) m
• Spanish: turcomano (es)
• Swedish: turkmensk (sv)
• Tajik: туркманӣ (turkmanī)
• Turkish: Türkmen (tr)
• Turkmen: türkmen
• Ukrainian: туркме́нський (turkménsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: تۈركمەن (türkmen)
• Uzbek: turkman (uz)

Further reading

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturkmɛn]

Noun

1. Turkmen, Turkoman, Turkman (person)

Related terms

• Turkmenistán
• Turkmenka
• turkmenský
• turkmenština