ˈtɜːk.mən ˈtɝk.mən ˈtɜːk.mən ˈtɝk.mən of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas