Cuman

//ˈk(j)uːmən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Turkic language spoken by these people.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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