Turkmen

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːk.mən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝk.mən/

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The current majority view for the etymology of the ethnonym Türkmen or Turcoman is that it comes from Türk and the Turkic emphasizing suffix -men, meaning "'most Turkish of the Turks' or 'pure-blooded Turks.'"[1] A folk etymology, dating back to the Middle Ages and found in al-Biruni and Mahmud al-Kashgari, instead derives the suffix -men from the Persian suffix -mānind, with the resulting word meaning "like a Turk". While formerly the dominant etymology in modern scholarship, this mixed Turkic-Persian derivation is now viewed as incorrect.[2]

• Turcoman, Turkoman (via Medieval Latin Turcomannus, itself derived from Turkic via Persian ترکمان (torkamân))
• Turkman, Turkmán, Türkman (via Ottoman Turkish تركمان (Türkmân), itself derived from Turkic via Persian ترکمان (torkamân), dated)
• Türkmen (rare)

Turkmen (countable and uncountable, plural Turkmen or Turkmens)

1. (countable) A person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmen descent.
   • 2005, Chahryar Adle, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, page 316:

     The conquest took 16 years and ended in 1885 in a battle with the Afghans on the banks of the Murghab. During this period, the Turkmens offered the Russians stubborn resistance […]

   • 2009, Barbara A. West, Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania, page 841:

     Keimir-Ker, a Turkmen from the Tekke clan, led a rebellion against the Persians […]

2. (uncountable) A Turkic language of the Turkmen spoken mostly in Turkmenistan.

• Turcoman
• Turkoman
• Turkmenistan

Turkmen (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Turkmenistan, the Turkmen people or the Turkmen language.

Treated as a plural of the deprecated term Turkman, influenced by English man, plural men.

• Türkmen (deprecated, rare)

Turkmen

1. (deprecated) plural of Turkman

Usage of Turkman, especially as a singular of Turkmen, has steadily declined and has become rare in comparison with Turkmen (plural Turkmen or Turkmens) since the 19th century as can be seen here.

• ISO 639-1 code tk, ISO 639-3 code tuk (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Turkmen, tuk ⁠

• IPA^(key): [ˈturkmɛn]

Turkmen m anim (feminine Turkmenka)

1. Turkmen, Turkoman, Turkman (person)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /turˈkmɛːn/

Turkmen (feminine singular Turkmena, plural Turkmeni)

1. Turkmen (of, from or relating to Turkmenistan)

Turkmen m (plural Turkmeni, feminine Turkmena)

1. Turkmen (native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan)

It-Turkmen m

1. Turkmen (language)