Turcoman

[ tur-kuh-muh n ]

/ ˈtɜr kə mən /

Turkoman.

Turkmen.

Definition for turcoman (2 of 2)

Turkoman

[ tur-kuh-muh n ]

/ ˈtɜr kə mən /

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.

Turkmen.

< Medieval Latin Turcomannus < Persian turkmān Turkmen

Our members are from every group: Sunni, Shia, Christian, Turcoman, Kurd.

Bikers of Baghdad: Sunnis, Shias, Skulls, ‘Harleys,’ and Iraqi Flags |Jacob Siegel |July 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On a march, the Turcoman rode on a horse behind an esquire: during the time of war he was led by a cord, to prevent his escape.

Secret Societies of the Middle Ages |Thomas Keightley
Then in the distance rose several thousand of the Turcoman tents, called "karaoy," which had been carried on the backs of camels.

Michael Strogoff |Jules Verne
We succeeded in getting some eggs, fowls, and milk from an old Turcoman who had charge of the village.

The Lands of the Saracen |Bayard Taylor

The dry bed of the old channel of the Oxus is visible in the Turcoman steppe at the present day.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life |Thomas Wallace Knox
It is to give the grass of the eastern steppes to the Turcoman horses to consume.

Michael Strogoff |Jules Verne

Turkoman

/ (ˈtɜːkəmən) /

plural -mans or -men a member of a formerly nomadic people of central Asia, now living chiefly in Turkmenistan and in NE Iran

the Turkmen language

of or relating to this people or their language

C16: from Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian turkumān resembling a Turk, from turk Turk + māndan to be like