Turkmen
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- adjective
- /tɜrkmɛn/
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turcomano
- Subsequently, a Turkmen leader, Nader Shah, captured Isfahan and went on to conquer Kabul and Delhi.
- Turkmen gas
Examples
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In December 1999, Turkmenistan and Gazprom signed an agreement on the delivery of 20 bcm of Turkmen gas per year, mainly to Ukraine.
Academic text (2010) -
Bush again visited the Turkmen president in June, according to the website.
Blog text (11) -
As a result, exports of Turkmen gas declined.
Academic text (2010) -
We will send ambassadors to the Turkmen tribes.
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The Turkmen government has pursued a two-track policy aimed at appeasing both sides in the conflict.
Academic text (1997) -
Rumsfeld's curious meeting with Turkmen officials in the lead-up to the Afghan invasion was revealing.
Blog text (14) -
Fortunately for the still hungry audience, the Turkmen speeches took but a small fraction of the time that had been devoted to oratory during the morning under a vast tent pavilion outside the Iranian town of Sarakhs.
Academic text (2007) -
Small-scale opposition, such as that by the Turkmen minority, was crushed early during 1979, though this was more a political movement of the left-wing Fedayin-e Khalq than an ethnic uprising.
Academic text (2007) -
Other coherent areas with a regional consciousness include Kurdistan in the west, the Arab zone of the Khuzistan lowlands in the southwest, the Turkmen steppe of the northeast, and the Baluch area of the southeast.
Academic text (2007) -
The Turkmen culture is rich in traditions, including music, dance, and exquisite carpet weaving.
Synonyms
About Turkmenistan, its people, culture, or language
Relating to the people, language or culture of Turkman communities
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turkmen comes from parts meaning Turk ('Turk') and -men ('people'), so a Turkmen adjective describes something that belongs to the Turkmen people or their culture.