Where does “Türkmenistan” come from?
Türkmenistan (Turkmen) comes from Turkmen Türkmen, from Turkish Türkmen, from Persian ترکمن, from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜, from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.
Ancestry of “Türkmenistan”, step by step
Words derived from “Türkmenistan”