Cuman

See also: cuman

English

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)
• 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