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Turcoman en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Classical Persian ترکمان (turkamān). Doublet of Turkman and Turkmen.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to these people.

Forms

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Turkeman alternative lexicographic
Turkoman alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Turcoman horse

Turcoman en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Classical Persian ترکمان (turkamān). Doublet of Turkman and Turkmen.

Meanings

  1. A member of a mainly nomadic Turkic people inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea; a Turkmen.
    • Apart from hostile Turcoman tribesmen who roamed this desolate region, the principal obstacle facing Bekovich was a dangerous stretch of desert […] 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 18:
  2. A kind of carpet or rug supposed to be made by the Turcomans.

Forms

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Turkoman alternative lexicographic
Turcomans Number=Plur lexicographic
Turcomen Number=Plur lexicographic
Turkeman alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Black Sheep Turcoman · White Sheep Turcoman

Turcoman en · PROPN

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Classical Persian ترکمان (turkamān). Doublet of Turkman and Turkmen.

Meanings

  1. The Turkmen language.

Forms

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Turkoman alternative lexicographic
Turkeman alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Turcomanic · Turkomanic