манкурт

Etymology
Introduced by the Kyrgyz author in his 1980 novel , and originally denoted a "prisoner of war who was turned into a slave by having his heads wrapped in camel skin", which supposedly resulted in that "...A mankurt did not recognise his name, family or tribe — a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being." (For citations, possible etymology, and more, see w:Mankurt.)

However, this term quickly caught on in the sense of "a person deprived of cultural and ethnic identity," and became popular in the languages of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a person with a lost or degraded cultural and ethnic identity and/or awareness about his/her ancestry, especially because of being affected by a dominant culture

Etymology
Introduced by the Kyrgyz author in his 1980 novel , and originally denoted a "prisoner of war who was turned into a slave by having his heads wrapped in camel skin", which supposedly resulted in that "...A mankurt did not recognise his name, family or tribe — a mankurt did not recognise himself as a human being." (For citations, possible etymology, and more, see w:Mankurt.)

However, this term quickly caught on in the sense of "a person deprived of cultural and ethnic identity," and became popular in the languages of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a person with a lost or degraded cultural and ethnic identity and/or awareness about his/her ancestry, especially because of being affected by a dominant culture