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Turkmenize

Turkmenize verb: to make Turkmen.

Verb

Turkmenize (third-person singular simple present Turkmenizes, present participle Turkmenizing, simple past and past participle Turkmenized)

  1. to make Turkmen.
    • Böriev believed that foreign words should be subordinated to the rules of the Turkmen language: When we borrow foreign words, it is essential to take the foreign root and Turkmenize these words.1999, Adrienne Lynn Edgar, The Creation of Soviet Turkmenistan, 1924-1938
    • Turkmenize or leave the country. The Latinization of the alphabet has been achieved without any visible opposition and is now an established fact of life.2011, Jacob M. Landau, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Language Politics in Contemporary Central Asia: National and Ethnic Identity and the Soviet Legacy, I.B.Tauris, →ISBN, page 172

Forms of Turkmenize

third-person singular presentTurkmenizes
present participleTurkmenizing
past participleTurkmenized
pastTurkmenized

Origin of Turkmenize

From Turkmen + -ize.

Questions about Turkmenize

What does Turkmenize mean?
Turkmenize means to make Turkmen.
What part of speech is Turkmenize?
Turkmenize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Turkmenize?
The past tense of Turkmenize is Turkmenized.

Words near Turkmenize in the dictionary

  1. Turkmenians
  2. Turkmenistan
  3. Turkmenistani
  4. Turkmenistanis
  5. Turkmenization
  6. Turkmenize
  7. Turkmenness
  8. Turkmeno-
  9. Turkmens
  10. Turkmán
  11. Turkness

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