Turkmenistan

See also: Turkmenistán, Turkménistan, Túrkmenistan, and Türkmenistan

Emblem of Turkmenistan

English

Map of Turkmenistan

Alternative forms

• Türkmenistan

Etymology

From Turkmen Türkmenistan, from Türkmen (“Turk-like; Turkmen”) + Classical Persian ـستان‎ (-istān, “-stan”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɜːkmɛn.ɪˈstɑːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɚkˈmɛn.ɪ.stæn/

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Proper noun

Turkmenistan

2. A country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat.

Related terms

• Turkmen
• Turkmen SSR

Translations

Central Asian country

• Abkhaz: Ҭурқменисҭан (Turkmenistan)
• Afrikaans: Turkmenistan
• Albanian: Turkmenistan m
• Amharic: ቱርክመኒስታን (turkəmänistan)
• Arabic: تُرْكُمَانِسْتَان‎ f (turkumānistān)
• Armenian: Թուրքմենստան (Tʿurkʿmenstan)
• Assamese: তুৰ্কমেনিস্তান (turkomenistan)
• Asturian: Turkmenistán (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Türkmənistan (az)

  Cyrillic: Түркмәнистан

• Bashkir: Төрөкмәнстан (Törökmänstan)
• Basque: Turkmenistan (eu)
• Belarusian: Туркменіста́н m (Turkmjenistán), Туркме́нія f (Turkmjénija)
• Bengali: তুর্কমেনিস্তান (bn) (turkomenistan)
• Breton: Turkmenistan
• Bulgarian: Туркмениста́н (bg) m (Turkmenistán)
• Burmese: တာ့ခ်မင်နစ္စတန် (tahk.mangnacca.tan)
• Catalan: Turkmenistan (ca) m
• Chechen: Туркмени (Turkmeni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土庫曼斯坦／土库曼斯坦 (zh) (Tǔkùmànsītǎn)

• Czech: Turkmenistán (cs) m
• Danish: Turkmenistan
• Dhivehi: ތުރުކުމެނިސްތާން‎ (turukumenistān̊)
• Dutch: Turkmenistan (nl)
• Erzya: Туркмения (Turkmeńija)
• Esperanto: Turkmenio, Turkmenistano, Turkmenujo
• Estonian: Türkmenistan (et)
• Faroese: Turkmenistan n
• Finnish: Turkmenistan (fi)
• French: Turkménistan (fr) m
• Georgian: თურქმენეთი (ka) (turkmeneti)
• German: Turkmenistan (de) n, Turkmenien n
• Greek: Τουρκμενιστάν (el) n (Tourkmenistán)
• Gujarati: તુર્કમેનિસ્તાન (turkamenistān)
• Hausa: Turkmenistan
• Hawaiian: Tukemenikana
• Hebrew: טוּרְקְמֶנִיסְטָן‎ m (turkmenistan)
• Hindi: तुर्कमेनिस्तान (hi) m (turkamenistān)
• Hungarian: Türkmenisztán (hu)
• Icelandic: Túrkmenistan (is)
• Indonesian: Turkmenistan (id)
• Interlingua: Turkmenistan
• Irish: An Tuircméanastáin f
• Italian: Turkmenistan (it)
• Japanese: トルクメニスタン (ja) (Torukumenisutan)
• Kabardian: Тыркуменистэн (Tərkʷumenistɛn)
• Kamba: Tukimenistani
• Kannada: ತುರ್ಕ್‍ಮೇನಿಸ್ತಾನ್ (turk‍mēnistān)
• Kazakh: Түрікменстан (kk) (Türıkmenstan)
• Khmer: តួរមិនីស្ថាន (tuəminiisthaan)
• Korean: 투르크메니스탄 (ko) (Tureukeumeniseutan), 뚜르크메니스딴 (ko) (Ttureukeumeniseuttan) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تورکمانستان‎ (ckb) (turkmanistan)

  Northern Kurdish: Tirkmenistan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Түркмөнстан (ky) (Türkmönstan)
• Lao: ຕວກເມນິດສະຖານ (lo) (tūak mē nit sa thān)
• Latvian: Turkmenistāna m
• Lezgi: Туьркменистан (Türkmenistan)
• Lithuanian: Turkmėnija (lt) f, Turkmėnistanas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Туркмениста́н m (Turkmenistán)
• Malay: Turkmenistan (ms)
• Malayalam: തുര്ക്ക്മെനിസ്ഥാന് (turkkmenisthānŭ)
• Maltese: it-Turkmenistan (mt)
• Maori: Tukumanatānga (mi)
• Marathi: तुर्कमेनिस्तान (turkamenistān)
• Mazanderani: تورکمنستون‎
• Mingrelian: თურქმენეთი (turkmeneti)
• Moksha: Туркмэнистан (Turkmeńistan)
• Mongolian: Туркменистан (Turkmenistan)
• Navajo: Naashchʼąąʼ Bidiyogíihnii Bikéyah
• Nepali: तुर्कमेनिस्तान (turkamenistān)
• Norman: Turkmenistan m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Turkmenistan (no)

  Nynorsk: Turkmenistan (nn)

• Pashto: ترکمنستان‎ m (torkmanestãn)
• Persian: ترکمنستان‎ (torkamanestân)
• Polish: Turkmenistan (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Turquemenistão (pt) m (Portugal), Turcomenistão (pt) (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਤੁਰਕਮੇਨਿਸਤਾਨ (turkamenistān)
• Romanian: Turkmenistan (ro) n
• Romansch: Turcmenia f
• Russian: Туркмениста́н (ru) m (Turkmenistán), Туркме́ния (ru) f (Turkménija)
• Rusyn: Туркменістан (Turkmenistan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Туркменистан m

  Roman: Turkmenistan m

• Sindhi: ترڪمانستان‎
• Sinhalese: ටර්‍ක්‍මෙනිස්‍තානය (ṭarkmenistānaya)
• Slovak: Turkmenistan m, Turkménsko n
• Slovene: Turkmenistan (sl) m
• Spanish: Turkmenistán (es) m
• Swahili: Turukimenistani (sw), Uturukimeni
• Swedish: Turkmenistan (sv)
• Tagalog: Turkmenistan
• Tajik: Туркманистон (Turkmaniston)
• Tamil: துருக்மெனிஸ்தான் (turukmeṉistāṉ), துர்க்மெனிஸ்தான் (turkmeṉistāṉ)
• Tatar: Төрекмәнстан (Törekmänstan)
• Telugu: తుర్క్‌మెనిస్తాన్ (te) (turk‌menistān)
• Thai: เติร์กเมนิสถาน (th) (dtə́ək-mee-nís-tǎan)
• Tibetan: ཏུརཀ་མེ་ནི་སུཏན (turk me ni sutn)
• Turkish: Türkmenistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Türkmenistan (tk)

  Cyrillic: Түркменистан

• Ukrainian: Туркменіста́н (uk) m (Turkmenistán), Туркме́нія f (Turkménija)
• Urdu: ترکمانستان‎ m (turkamenistān)
• Uyghur: تۈركمەنىستان‎ (türkmenistan)
• Uzbek: Turkmaniston (uz)

  Cyrillic: Туркманистон (Turkmaniston)

• Venetian: Turkmènistan
• Vietnamese: Tuốc-mê-ni-xtan
• Welsh: Twrcmenistan
• Yakut: Түркменистаан (Türkmenistaan)
• Yiddish: טורקמעניסטאַן‎ (turkmenistan)
• Yoruba: Tọọkimenisita

See also

• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• Countries of the world

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /tuɾɡ.mə.nisˈtan/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /turɡ.mə.nisˈtan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tuɾɡ.me.nisˈtan/

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Proper noun

Turkmenistan m

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Related terms

• turcman

Danish

Proper noun

Turkmenistan m

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Turkmenistan n

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Related terms

• Turkmeen
• Turkmeens

Faroese

Etymology

From Turkmen Türkmenistan, possibly via Russian Туркмениста́н (Turkmenistán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰʊɹ̥kˈmeːnɪstan/

Proper noun

Turkmenistan n

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

   í úr Turkmenistani ― in / from Turkmenistan

   til Turkmenistans ― to Turkmenistan

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Turkmenistan
Accusative	Turkmenistan
Dative	Turkmenistani
Genitive	Turkmenistans

Derived terms

• turkmenskur

Finnish

Etymology

From Turkmen Türkmenistan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈturkmenistɑn/, [ˈt̪urkme̞ˌnis̠tɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -istɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Turk‧me‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Turkmenistan

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Declension

Inflection of Turkmenistan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Turkmenistan	—
genitive		Turkmenistanin	—
partitive		Turkmenistania	—
illative		Turkmenistaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Turkmenistan	—
accusative	nom.	Turkmenistan	—
	gen.	Turkmenistanin
genitive		Turkmenistanin	—
partitive		Turkmenistania	—
inessive		Turkmenistanissa	—
elative		Turkmenistanista	—
illative		Turkmenistaniin	—
adessive		Turkmenistanilla	—
ablative		Turkmenistanilta	—
allative		Turkmenistanille	—
essive		Turkmenistanina	—
translative		Turkmenistaniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Turkmenistanitta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Turkmenistan (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Turkmenistanini — accusative nom. Turkmenistanini — gen. Turkmenistanini genitive Turkmenistanini — partitive Turkmenistaniani — inessive Turkmenistanissani — elative Turkmenistanistani — illative Turkmenistaniini — adessive Turkmenistanillani — ablative Turkmenistaniltani — allative Turkmenistanilleni — essive Turkmenistaninani — translative Turkmenistanikseni — instructive — — abessive Turkmenistanittani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Turkmenistanisi — accusative nom. Turkmenistanisi — gen. Turkmenistanisi genitive Turkmenistanisi — partitive Turkmenistaniasi — inessive Turkmenistanissasi — elative Turkmenistanistasi — illative Turkmenistaniisi — adessive Turkmenistanillasi — ablative Turkmenistaniltasi — allative Turkmenistanillesi — essive Turkmenistaninasi — translative Turkmenistaniksesi — instructive — — abessive Turkmenistanittasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Turkmenistanimme — accusative nom. Turkmenistanimme — gen. Turkmenistanimme genitive Turkmenistanimme — partitive Turkmenistaniamme — inessive Turkmenistanissamme — elative Turkmenistanistamme — illative Turkmenistaniimme — adessive Turkmenistanillamme — ablative Turkmenistaniltamme — allative Turkmenistanillemme — essive Turkmenistaninamme — translative Turkmenistaniksemme — instructive — — abessive Turkmenistanittamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Turkmenistaninne — accusative nom. Turkmenistaninne — gen. Turkmenistaninne genitive Turkmenistaninne — partitive Turkmenistanianne — inessive Turkmenistanissanne — elative Turkmenistanistanne — illative Turkmenistaniinne — adessive Turkmenistanillanne — ablative Turkmenistaniltanne — allative Turkmenistanillenne — essive Turkmenistaninanne — translative Turkmenistaniksenne — instructive — — abessive Turkmenistanittanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Turkmenistaninsa — accusative nom. Turkmenistaninsa — gen. Turkmenistaninsa genitive Turkmenistaninsa — partitive Turkmenistaniaan Turkmenistaniansa — inessive Turkmenistanissaan Turkmenistanissansa — elative Turkmenistanistaan Turkmenistanistansa — illative Turkmenistaniinsa — adessive Turkmenistanillaan Turkmenistanillansa — ablative Turkmenistaniltaan Turkmenistaniltansa — allative Turkmenistanilleen Turkmenistanillensa — essive Turkmenistaninaan Turkmenistaninansa — translative Turkmenistanikseen Turkmenistaniksensa — instructive — — abessive Turkmenistanittaan Turkmenistanittansa — comitative — —

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊʁkˈmeːnɪstaːn/, /tʊʁkˈmeːnɪstan/

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Proper noun

Turkmenistan n (proper noun, genitive Turkmenistans or (optionally with an article) Turkmenistan)

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Interlingua

Proper noun

Turkmenistan

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Italian

Proper noun

Turkmenistan m

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Derived terms

• turkmeno

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Turkmenistan

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Related terms

• turkmener
• turkmensk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Turkmenistan

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Related terms

• turkmen, turkmenar
• turkmensk

Polish

Etymology

Ultimately from Turkmen Türkmenistan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tur.kmɛˈɲis.tan/

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• Rhymes: -istan
• Syllabification: Tur‧kme‧nis‧tan

Proper noun

Turkmenistan m inan

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Declension

Declension of Turkmenistan

	singular
nominative	Turkmenistan
genitive	Turkmenistanu
dative	Turkmenistanowi
accusative	Turkmenistan
instrumental	Turkmenistanem
locative	Turkmenistanie
vocative	Turkmenistanie

Derived terms

adjective

• turkmeński

 

nouns

• Turkmen
• Turkmenka
• turkmeński

 

Further reading

• Turkmenistan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Turkmenistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Turkmenistan m

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Turkmenistan m (Cyrillic spelling Туркменистан)

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Swedish

Proper noun

Turkmenistan n (genitive Turkmenistans)

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)

Related terms

• turkmen
• turkmenisk
• turkmeniska
• turkmenistanier
• turkmenistanska
• turkmensk
• turkmenska

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Turkmenistán (“Turkmenistan”) or English Turkmenistan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Turk‧me‧nis‧tan
• IPA^(key): /tuɾkmenisˈtan/, [tʊɹk.mɛ.nɪsˈtan]
• IPA^(key): /tuɾkˈmenistan/, [tʊɹkˈmɛ.nɪs.tɐn]

Proper noun

Turkmenistán or Turkménistán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

1. Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia; capital: Ashgabat)