Cuman

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Cuman

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Alternative forms

• Kuman

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Cumani, from Byzantine Greek Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi), perhaps ultimately from the name of the Kuma River.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈk(j)uːmən/

Noun

Cuman (plural Cumans)

1. (historical) A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

   Synonym: Polovtsian

Translations

member of the Cuman people

Arabic: كُومَان m (kūmān) Azerbaijani: kuman Belarusian: по́лавец m (pólavjec) Bulgarian: ку́ман m (kúman) Chinese: Mandarin: 庫曼人 / 库曼人 Czech: Plavec m French: Couman m German: Kumane m, Kumanin f Greek: Κουμάνος (el) (Koumános), Κουμάνοι pl (Koumánoi) Hindi: कूमान m (kūmān) Hungarian: kun (hu) Japanese: クマン人 (クマンじん, kumanjin) Khakas: хуман (xuman) Korean: 쿠만인 (kumanin) Ottoman Turkish: قومان (kuman) Persian: Iranian Persian: کومان (kumân) Polish: Połowiec m Portuguese: cumano (pt) m Romanian: cuman (ro) m Russian: по́ловец (ru) m (pólovec) Turkish: Kuman (tr) Ukrainian: по́ловець m (pólovecʹ) Urdu: کُومان m (kūmān)

Proper noun

Cuman

1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Translations

language of the Cuman people

German: Kumanisch n Hungarian: kun (hu) Khakas: хуман тілі (xuman tìlì)

See also

• Kipchak
• Pecheneg

Anagrams

• Camun, Macun