noun
or tur·co·man ˈtərkəmən, ˈtə̄k-, ˈtəik-
( plural turkomans or turcomans )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian Turkmān, Turkmēn, from turkmān, turkmēn resembling a Turkish, from Turkish Turkish — more at turki
1. : a member of a group of peoples of East Turkic stock living chiefly in the Turkmen, Uzbek, Kazak, and Karakalpak republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
2. : the Turkic language of the Turkoman people