Kipchak

plural Kipchaks · alternative Kypchak · alternative Kipczak · alternative Qipchak · alternative Qipchaq · alternative Qypchaq · alternative Kipjak

1. historicala member of a nomadic Turkic tribal confederation that overran the Eurasian steppe in mid-11th century.

   Synonyms: Cuman

alternative Kypchak · alternative Kipczak · alternative Qipchak · alternative Qipchaq · alternative Qypchaq · alternative Kipjak

1. not comparableof or relating to the Kipchak people or their language
2. not comparableof or relating to the modern Kipchak branch of the Turkic language family

alternative Kypchak · alternative Kipczak · alternative Qipchak · alternative Qipchaq · alternative Qypchaq · alternative Kipjak

1. The Turkic language of the Kipchak people
2. historicalThe lands of the Kipchak people

   Seljouk was the prime minister of Sultân Bighoû, sovereign of Kipjak; he established himself, with his tribe, in the countries of Samarcand and Bokhara, where they became converted to the religion of Islâm.

   1854, J. Cumming, "Signs of the Times: The Moslem and His End, the Christian and His Hope", "The Ottoman Empire", The Church of England Quarterly Review..., Vol. XXXVI (New Ser. Vol. II), p. 189