Etymology

Pecheneg

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Today it means: A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe. Full definition →

Russian печене́г
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromпечене́г
  2. English todayPecheneg

Borrowed from Russian печене́г (pečenég).

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