Turkmen

[ turk-men, -muhn ]

noun
  1. the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus.

Origin of Turkmen

1
From the Turkish word Türkmen

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British Dictionary definitions for Turkmen

Turkmen

/ (ˈtɜːkmɛn) /


noun
  1. the language of the Turkomans, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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