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Turkmen

Turk·men [ túrkmən ] (plural Turk·men or Turk·mens) or Tur·ko·man [ túrkəmən ] (plural Tur·ko·mans) or Tur·co·man [ túrkəmən ] (plural Tur·co·mans)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Central Asian people: a member of an originally nomadic Turkic-speaking people who now live mainly in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan

2. Turkmen language: the Turkic official language of Turkmenistan. Native speakers: 4 million.

[Early 20th century. Via Persian turkmān< Turkish türkmen]

Turk·men adjective
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