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Where does “Turkmenistan” come from?

Turkmenistan comes from Turkmen Türkmenistan, derived from Turkmen Türkmen, the name of the Turkic people inhabiting the region.

Ancestry of “Turkmenistan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkmenTürkmenistan—
2TurkmenTürkmenTurk-like; Turkmen
3TurkishTürkmenTurk-like
4Persianترکمن—
5Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜—
6Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)k—

Words derived from “Turkmenistan”

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