Turkoman
Americannoun
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Turkomans
plural
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a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
noun
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a member of a formerly nomadic people of central Asia, now living chiefly in Turkmenistan and in NE Iran
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the Turkmen language
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Turkoman
< Medieval Latin Turcomannus < Persian turkmān Turkmen
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Two Formosans who asked for admission as observers were turned down, as were two Turkoman refugees from the U.S.S.R.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tal Afar, a city 30 miles west of Mosul populated almost entirely by Iraqi Turkoman, was overrun by terrorist groups this summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Air Force planes, began a methodical sweep over the desolate Turkoman steppe.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It will get worse," says Jalil Ismael, 58, a Turkoman, over a game of backgammon in his antique store in the center of the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
The damage caused by the Viking berserker rivaled any Turkoman raiding party.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Instead of fleeing in the face of the Islamic State drive across northern Iraq, the Turkomans have stayed and fortified their town of 15,000 with trenches and armed positions.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2014
Uzbeks, who wear small skull caps, have almost twice as much skin cancer on the head as the Turkomans, who protect themselves under big fur hats on the blazing desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also at stake is the larger, constitutional question of whether Iraq should have a powerful central government, favored by Turkomans and Arabs, or highly autonomous regions, as the Kurds wish.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Circassians, descended from Moslems who fled the Crimea and the Russians a century ago, along with the Shishans, Druzes, Turkomans and Bahais, represent 350,000 people who were once scattered in small, isolated villages.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were found to be of good service as a check on the Turkomans, but were not much of an improvement upon the Turkomans themselves in many respects.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
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