| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Turk·men |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tûrk m n, -m n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Turkmen or Turk·mens
1. A native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan. 2. also Tur·ko·man or Tur·co·man ( tûrk-mn) Inflected forms: pl. Turkoman or Turcoman or Tur·ko·mans or Tur·co·mans
A member of a traditionally nomadic Turkic people inhabiting Turkmenistan and neighboring areas in Iran and Afghanistan. 3. also Turkoman or Turcoman The Turkic language of the Turkmen. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian Turkm n, from turkmn, like a Turk, from Turk, Turk. See Turki. | | OTHER FORMS: | Turkmen, Turko·man, Turco·man —ADJECTIVE
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