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Cuman

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈk(j)uːmən/
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1

name

Meaning 1

The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Polovtsian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Kumanisch — language of the Cuman people
  • Hungarian: kun — language of the Cuman people
  • Khakas: хуман тілі (xuman tìlì) — language of the Cuman people
  • Arabic: كُومَان (kūmān) — member of the Cuman people
  • Azerbaijani: kuman — member of the Cuman people
  • Belarusian: по́лавец (pólavjec) — member of the Cuman people
  • Bulgarian: ку́ман (kúman) — member of the Cuman people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庫曼人 /库曼人 — member of the Cuman people
  • Czech: Plavec — member of the Cuman people
  • French: Couman — member of the Cuman people
  • German: Kumane — member of the Cuman people
  • German: Kumanin — member of the Cuman people
  • Greek: Κουμάνος (Koumános) — member of the Cuman people
  • Greek: Κουμάνοι (Koumánoi) — member of the Cuman people
  • Hindi: कूमान (kūmān) — member of the Cuman people
  • Hungarian: kun — member of the Cuman people
  • Japanese: クマン人 (kumanjin) — member of the Cuman people
  • Kazakh: сары қыпшақ (sary qypşaq) — member of the Cuman people
  • Khakas: хуман (xuman) — member of the Cuman people
  • Korean: 쿠만인 (kumanin) — member of the Cuman people
  • Iranian Persian: کومان (kumân) — member of the Cuman people
  • Polish: Połowiec — member of the Cuman people
  • Portuguese: cumano — member of the Cuman people
  • Romanian: cuman — member of the Cuman people
  • Russian: по́ловец (pólovec) — member of the Cuman people
  • Turkish: Kuman — member of the Cuman people
  • Ottoman Turkish: قومان (kuman) — member of the Cuman people
  • Ukrainian: по́ловець (pólovecʹ) — member of the Cuman people
  • Urdu: کُومان (kūmān) — member of the Cuman people