Turkmen

Definitions

1. A person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent.
2. Rare spelling of Turkmen.
   alt-of, rare
3. A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan.

Equivalents

Examples

“The conquest took 16 years and ended in 1885 in a battle with the Afghans on the banks of the Murghab. During this period, the Turkmens offered the Russians stubborn resistance […]”

“Keimir-Ker, a Turkmen from the Tekke clan, led a rebellion against the Persians […]”

“In the tents of the Kurdish nomads, just as in the tents of the Türkmens, are woven rugs that enjoy⟳ great demand⟳.”

“After the abolition of Čaγatajid rule⟳ in Türkistan at the beginning of the 16th century, the Türkmens were constantly being torn apart by neighboring and rival powers: the Özbeks and Persians; occasionally the Qazaqs and the xānates of Xīwa and Buxārā.”

“In 455/1063, Qutalmïsh recruited many of his fifty thousand Türkmens in the same region.”

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