Turkmen

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See also: turkmen, türkmén, and Türkmen

English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːk.mən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɝk.mən/
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Etymology 1

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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.'"[1] 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.[2]

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Noun

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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.
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Adjective

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Turkmen (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language.
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Etymology 2

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Treated as a plural of the deprecated term Turkman, influenced by English man, plural men.

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Noun

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Turkmen

  1. (deprecated) plural of Turkman
Usage notes
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Usage of Turkman, especially as a singular of Turkmen, has steadily declined and has become rare in comparison with Turkmen (plural Turkmen or Turkmens) since the 19th century as can be seen here.

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Larry (1996) Turkmen Reference Grammar‎[1], Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 4, Annanepesov, M. (1999) “The Turkmens”, in Dani, Ahmad Hasan, editor, History of civilizations of Central Asia, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 127, Golden, Peter (1992) An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples : ethnogenesis and state-formation in the medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East, Harrassowitz, pages 213–214.
  2. ^ Clark, Larry (1996) Turkmen Reference Grammar‎[2], Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 4–5,Annanepesov, M. (1999) “The Turkmens”, in Dani, Ahmad Hasan, editor, History of civilizations of Central Asia, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 127,Golden, Peter (1992) An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples : ethnogenesis and state-formation in the medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East, Harrassowitz, pages 213–214.

Further reading

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Czech

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Noun

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Turkmen m anim (feminine Turkmenka)

  1. Turkmen, Turkoman, Turkman (person)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Maltese

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Adjective

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Turkmen (feminine singular Turkmena, plural Turkmeni)

  1. Turkmen (of, from or relating to Turkmenistan)

Noun

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Turkmen m (plural Turkmeni, feminine Turkmena)

  1. Turkmen (native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan)

Noun

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It-Turkmen m

  1. Turkmen (language)
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