Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan.
  • noun A member of a traditionally nomadic Turkic people inhabiting Turkmenistan and neighboring areas in Iran and Afghanistan.
  • noun The Turkic language of the Turkmen.
  • noun A member of a Turkic people of northern Iraq.
  • noun The Turkic language of the Iraqi Turkmen.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent.
  • proper noun A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
  • noun a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
  • noun a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian Turkmān, from turkmān, like a Turk, from Turk, Turk; see Turki.]

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Examples

  • TWO YOUNG FRENCH BICYCLISTS ENTERED TURKMEN STRETCH OF GREAT SILK ROAD As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports, two young French travelers Julienne Patar and Fransua Shmit have got to the Turkmen capital in the framework of their tour on bicycles along the route of the Great Silk Road.

    Новости 2009

  • FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHEEP DOG GARABASH CALLED BREED CHAMPION AMONG TURKMEN SHEEP-DOGS A four-year-old dog named Garabash was called the champion of the breed among Alabai dogs - the Turkmen sheep dogs.

    Новости 2009

  • FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHEEP DOG GARABASH CALLED BREED CHAMPION AMONG TURKMEN SHEEP-DOGS A four-year-old dog named Garabash was called the champion of the breed among Alabai dogs - the Turkmen sheep dogs.

    Новости 2009

  • TWO YOUNG FRENCH BICYCLISTS ENTERED TURKMEN STRETCH OF GREAT SILK ROAD As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports, two young French travelers Julienne Patar and Fransua Shmit have got to the Turkmen capital in the framework of their tour on bicycles along the route of the Great Silk Road.

    Новости 2009

  • TWO YOUNG FRENCH BICYCLISTS ENTERED TURKMEN STRETCH OF GREAT SILK ROAD As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports, two young French travelers Julienne Patar and Fransua Shmit have got to the Turkmen capital in the framework of their tour on bicycles along the route of the Great Silk Road.

    Новости 2009

  • TWO YOUNG FRENCH BICYCLISTS ENTERED TURKMEN STRETCH OF GREAT SILK ROAD As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports, two young French travelers Julienne Patar and Fransua Shmit have got to the Turkmen capital in the framework of their tour on bicycles along the route of the Great Silk Road.

    Новости 2009

  • TURKMEN NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REACHES ITS MIDDLE The second round of the Turkmen football championship was concluded by "Akhal" - "Turan"

    Новости 2009

  • TURKMEN NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REACHES ITS MIDDLE The second round of the Turkmen football championship was concluded by "Akhal" - "Turan"

    Новости 2009

  • TWO YOUNG FRENCH BICYCLISTS ENTERED TURKMEN STRETCH OF GREAT SILK ROAD As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan. ru reports, two young French travelers Julienne Patar and Fransua Shmit have got to the Turkmen capital in the framework of their tour on bicycles along the route of the Great Silk Road.

    Новости 2009

  • While everything from anemia to bubonic plague took hold in Turkmen villages, Turkmenbashi flew in German specialists for his own health needs.

    One-Man Stan 2007

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