ترکمن

Etymology
From a language, combining  with a suffix *-man sometimes found in tribal and place names, cf. from, or from.

The traditional etymology, dating as far back as (eleventh century), says that the second element is from 🇨🇬. The thirteenth-century world historian says that it was used for those Turks who had intermarried with Persians and lost their East Asian facial features: narrow eyes, broad noses, etc. Since they now resembled Persians in appearance, despite still retaining their Turkish customs, the Persians called them “Turk-like” rather than truly “Turk”. This etymology was accepted until the twentieth century, but is now seen as unlikely.

Noun

 * 1) Turkmen (member of one of various Turkic ethnic groups in Central and West Asia)
 * 2) Turkmens of Turkmenistan and nearby regions of Iran
 * 3) Turkmens of Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon
 * , generic term for Oghuz Turks in Central and West Asia