Where does “ترکمن” come from?

ترکمن (Persian) comes from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k — Turk, Turkic people.

ترکمن (Persian): Turkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)

Definitions

  1. Turkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)

Ancestry of “ترکمن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
2Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people

Words derived from “ترکمن”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k →Every word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 →
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