Meanings
plural Turkmans · plural proscribed Turkmen · alternative rare Turkmán · alternative rare Türkman
- Synonym of Turkmen.
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Turkmans used to live beside other tribes in Central Asia, groups such as Kalmyks, Quirqiz, Uzbeks, Tatars and Mongols. Through three large-scale immigrations, which have taken place since the tenth century, Turkmans came to the Iranian plateau from Central Asia, where Buddhist, Manavist, Animist, Totemist, Shamanist, Mazdak and Zoroastrian beliefs were common (Azami Rad 2003, 15).
2015, Manijeh Maghsudi, “Healing rituals among female Turkmans of Iran”, in Pedram Khosronejad, editor, Women’s Rituals and Ceremonies in Shiite Iran and Muslim Communities: Methodological and theoretical challenges (Iranian Studies; volume 1), LIT Verlag, →ISBN, page 65Synonyms: Turkmen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Turkmen.
Origin
- Persianترکمان
- Ottoman Turkishتركمان
- EnglishTurkman
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تركمان (Türkmân), from Persian ترکمان (torkamân). Doublet of Turcoman and Turkmen. As singular of Turkmen, influenced by the English man, plural men.
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Turkman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkman
“Turkman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Turkman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turkman.
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