Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turkmenize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: turk-m-enize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to make Turkmen.

Example Sentences

"Böriev believed that foreign words should be subordinated to the rules of the Turkmen language: When we borrow foreign words, it is essential to take the foreign root and Turkmenize these words."
"Turkmenize or leave the country. The Latinization of the alphabet has been achieved without any visible opposition and is now an established fact of life."
"With the introduction of the Ruhnama signalling a concerted drive to Turkmenize society at large, Niyazov drastically curtailed the use of Russian in education and official communication."

Etymology

From Turkmen + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Turkmen

Inflected Forms

Turkmenizes (present, singular) Turkmenizing (participle, present) Turkmenized (participle, past) Turkmenized (past)

Questions

What does turkmenize mean?: to make Turkmen.
Where does turkmenize come from?: From Turkmen + -ize.

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