noun
1. a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas
• Hypernyms: ↑Turki
2. a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
• Syn: ↑Turkmenistan, ↑Turkomen, ↑Turkmenia
• Member Holonyms: ↑Commonwealth of Independent States, ↑CIS
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Ashkhabad, ↑capital of Turkmenistan, ↑Kara Kum, ↑Qara Qum, ↑Turkestan Desert
3. the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman
• Hypernyms: ↑Turki, ↑Turkic, ↑Turko-Tatar, ↑Turkic language
adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture
• Pertains to noun: ↑Turkmenistan
Useful english dictionary. 2012.