türkmen
/tˈɝkmˌɛn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the tents of the Kurdish nomads, just as in the tents of the Türkmens, are woven rugs that enjoy great demand."
- "After the abolition of Čaγatajid rule in Türkistan at the beginning of the 16th century, the Türkmens were constantly being torn apart by neighboring and rival powers: the Özbeks and Persians; occasionally the Qazaqs and the xānates of Xīwa and Buxārā."
- "In 455/1063, Qutalmïsh recruited many of his fifty thousand Türkmens in the same region."
- "Türkmen embroidery is individual and peculiarly vigorous."
- "By the time that scientific interest was first focused on Türkmen weaving, a large part of its traditions had already been lost, but at the same time, toward the end of the last century, the actual production of rugs was probably at an unprecedented high."
- "Sultan Alparslan mounted a military campaign to eastern Anatolia aimed at uniting and controlling the Türkmen groups as well as some of the Christian principalities; […]"
Etymology
From Turkish Türkmen.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Türkmen