Cuman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
name
  1. The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Pronunciation

/ˈk(j)uːmən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cuman.wav

Word forms

Cuman Cumans Kuman

Etymology

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

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