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Definition of Turkmen in English: TurkmennounPlural Turkmensˈtəːkmənˈtərkmən 1A member of a group of Turkic peoples inhabiting the region east of the Caspian Sea and south of the Aral Sea, now comprising Turkmenistan and parts of Iran and Afghanistan. Example sentencesExamples - The Turkmens are perhaps closest to the modern Turks of today.
- Two ethnic Turkmens - whose language is an offshoot of Turkish - are checking out new satellite dishes on the steps of Salih's store.
- That plan is bitterly opposed by Turkmens.
- He cited the rights of the Kurds, Turkmens and women.
- To extract an additional 30-40 billion cubic metres of gas, the Turkmen gas industry will require $4-6 billion in investments.
- Both Turkmen and Kurds insist that they were the dominant population in the city in earlier decades.
2mass noun The Turkic language of the Turkmen, having about 3 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - It is related to such languages as Turkish, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, and Uzbek.
adjectiveˈtəːkmənˈtərkmən Relating to the Turkmen, their language, or the region which they inhabit. Example sentencesExamples - When a 670-lb meteorite landed in Turkmenistan in 1999, Turkmen scientists named it after Turkmenbashi.
- The demonstration coincided with a general strike by the city's approximately 300,000 Turkmen residents.
- I remember a bearded Turkmen woman solemnly giving me the key to the hotel's only ‘luxury suite’.
- The Turkmen delegation rose to complain that it, too, had no representative in the independent grouping.
- This challenges the economic models of everything from toy design to Turkmen film distribution.
- The Turkmen language used in Turkmenistan borrows many words from Russian.
Origin From Persian turkmān, from Turkish tūrkmen; also influenced by Russian turkmen. Definition of Turkmen in US English: Turkmennounˈtərkmənˈtərkmən 1A member of a group of Turkic peoples inhabiting the region east of the Caspian Sea and south of the Aral Sea, now comprising Turkmenistan and parts of Iran and Afghanistan. Example sentencesExamples - He cited the rights of the Kurds, Turkmens and women.
- Two ethnic Turkmens - whose language is an offshoot of Turkish - are checking out new satellite dishes on the steps of Salih's store.
- The Turkmens are perhaps closest to the modern Turks of today.
- That plan is bitterly opposed by Turkmens.
- Both Turkmen and Kurds insist that they were the dominant population in the city in earlier decades.
- To extract an additional 30-40 billion cubic metres of gas, the Turkmen gas industry will require $4-6 billion in investments.
2The Turkic language of the Turkmen. Example sentencesExamples - It is related to such languages as Turkish, Kazak, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, and Uzbek.
adjectiveˈtərkmənˈtərkmən Relating to the Turkmens, their language, or the region they inhabit. Example sentencesExamples - When a 670-lb meteorite landed in Turkmenistan in 1999, Turkmen scientists named it after Turkmenbashi.
- The demonstration coincided with a general strike by the city's approximately 300,000 Turkmen residents.
- This challenges the economic models of everything from toy design to Turkmen film distribution.
- The Turkmen language used in Turkmenistan borrows many words from Russian.
- The Turkmen delegation rose to complain that it, too, had no representative in the independent grouping.
- I remember a bearded Turkmen woman solemnly giving me the key to the hotel's only ‘luxury suite’.
Origin From Persian turkmān, from Turkish tūrkmen; also influenced by Russian turkmen. |