TURKOMAN

[Tur.ko.man] or Tur.co.man n, pl Turkomans or Turcomans [ML Turcomannus, fr. Per Turkman, fr. turkman resembling a Turk, fr. Turk] (ca. 1595): a member of a Turkic-speaking traditionally nomadic people living chiefly in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Iran -- Turkoman or Turcoman adj