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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
Turkman (plural Turkmans or (deprecated as plural of Turkman) Turkmen)
- Synonym of Turkmen
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 65: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).
Usage notes
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.
Translations
Further reading
- “Turkman”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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