Turkmen adj : of or relatin to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture Turkmen n 1: a member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas [syn: {Turkoman}, {Turcoman}] 2: a republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 [syn: {Turkmenistan}, {Turkomen}, {Turkmenia}] 3: the Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman people [syn: {Turkoman}, {Turcoman}]