Turkoman
Americannoun
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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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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
"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
Air Force planes, began a methodical sweep over the desolate Turkoman steppe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The fabric quarter was a mountain of rolled Persian rugs, Turkoman towels, and Chinese silk.
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
The last official census was in 1957, when the Turkomans had a slight edge over the Kurds, 40% to 35%.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Tension persists between the Kurds on one side and Arabs and Turkomans on the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, Russia, with its Tartars, Turkomans, Kirghiz, Finns, and numerous kindred tribes, was in Pan-Turanian eyes merely a Slav alluvium laid with varying thickness over a Turanian subsoil.
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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