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Turkman

Syllables: Turk·manUK/ˈtɜːkmən/US/ˈtɝkmən/

Turkman noun: synonym of Turkmen.

Noun

Turkman (plural Turkmans or (deprecated as plural of Turkman) Turkmen)

  1. Synonym of Turkmen.
    • Turkmans used to live beside other tribes in Central Asia, groups such as Kalmyks, Quirqiz, Uzbeks, Tatars and Mongols. Through three large-scale immigrations, which have taken place since the tenth century, Turkmans came to the Iranian plateau from Central Asia, where Buddhist, Manavist, Animist...2015, Manijeh Maghsudi, “Healing rituals among female Turkmans of Iran”, in Pedram Khosronejad, editor, Women’s Rituals and Ceremonies in Shiite Iran and Muslim Communities: Methodological and...
    Synonyms:
    Turkmen

Synonyms of Turkman

Forms of Turkman

pluralTurkmans
plural proscribedTurkmen
alternative form (rare)Turkmán
alternative form (rare)Türkman

Origin of Turkman

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تركمان (Türkmân), from Persian ترکمان (torkamân). Doublet of Turcoman and Turkmen. As singular of Turkmen, influenced by the English man, plural men.

Questions about Turkman

What does Turkman mean?
Turkman means synonym of Turkmen.
What part of speech is Turkman?
Turkman is a noun.
How do you pronounce Turkman?
Turkman is pronounced /ˈtɝkmən/ (US).
What is the plural of Turkman?
The plural of Turkman is Turkmans.

Words near Turkman in the dictionary

  1. Turkless
  2. Turklike
  3. turkling
  4. turklings
  5. Turkm.
  6. Turkman
  7. Turkmans
  8. Turkmen
  9. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
  10. Turkmen SSR
  11. Turkmenabat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Turkman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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