Turkmen

Turkmen

Turkmen or Turkoman or Turkman may refer to:

*Of or relating to Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, specifically:
**Turkmen SSR, that country as a constituent republic of the former Soviet Union
**Turkmen language, the national language of Turkmenistan
*Turkmen people, an ethnic group speaking the Turkmen language located in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Iran
*Iraqi Turkmen, an ethnic minority living in northern Iraq
*Syrian Turkmen, an ethnic minority of Oghuz Turkish descent living in Syria
*Oghuz Turks, a large branch of Turkic peoples
*In Turkey and the former Ottoman Empire, 'Turkmen' often refers to those now called Yörük
*Karapapaks or Terekeme, an ethnic minority living in Turkey, Iran and the South Caucasus
*Türkmən, Barda, Azerbaijan
*Türkmən, Goychay, Azerbaijan
*Türkmən, Qabala, Azerbaijan
*Turkoman horse, or Turkmene, an extinct breed of horse from Turkmenistan
*Turkoman (horse), the proper name of a thoroughbred race horse


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  • Türkmen — ist der Name folgender Personen: Ekin Türkmen (* 1984), türkische Schauspielerin Ibrahim Türkmen (* 1973), deutscher Fußballspieler Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Turkmen — [tʉrk′men΄, tʉrk′mən] n. pl. Turkmens [see TURKOMAN] 1. a member of a people living mainly in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan and in N Iran and Afghanistan 2. the Turkic language of this people adj. of the Turkmens or their language or… …   English World dictionary

  • Turkmen — /terrk men, meuhn/, n. the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus. Also, Turkoman, Turcoman. [ < Turk Türkmen] * * *… …   Universalium

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  • Turkmen — [ tə:kmən] noun (plural same or Turkmens) 1》 a member of a group of Turkic peoples inhabiting the region east of the Caspian Sea and south of the Aral Sea. 2》 the Turkic language of the Turkmen. Origin from Pers. turkmān, from Turk. tūrkmen;… …   English new terms dictionary

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  • Turkmen — Turk•men [[t]ˈtɜrk mɛn, mən[/t]] n. pl. mens, (esp. collectively) men. 1) peo a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, now living mainly in Turkmenistan and adjacent parts of Iran and Afghanistan 2) peo the language of the Turkmens •… …   From formal English to slang

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