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)

(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

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

Anagrams

Camun, Macun

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