The Pechenegs had already ceased to be a major threat by the time Kievan Rus’ converted to Christianity in 988, and most references to them in the chronicle are in the period before this, earlier in the tenth century.
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Pecheneg
//ˈpɛt͡ʃənɛɡ//
Synonyms for "pecheneg"
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25 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Πατζινάκες noun (member of a Turkic people)
Armenian
1 entries- պեչենեգ noun (member of a Turkic people)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- peçeneq noun (member of a Turkic people)
Belarusian
1 entries- печане́г noun (member of a Turkic people)
Czech
1 entries- Pečeněh noun (member of a Turkic people)
Georgian
1 entries- პაჭანიკი noun (member of a Turkic people)
Hungarian
1 entries- besenyő noun (member of a Turkic people)
Japanese
1 entries- ペチェネグ noun (member of a Turkic people)
Khakas
2 entries- печенек adj (of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language)
- печенек noun (member of a Turkic people)
Korean
2 entries- 페체네그 noun (member of a Turkic people)
- 페체네그인 noun (member of a Turkic people)
Marathi
3 entries- पेचेनेग adj (of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language)
- पेचेनेग name (language)
- पेचेनेग noun (member of a Turkic people)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- печенѣгъ noun (member of a Turkic people)
Polish
1 entries- Pieczynieg noun (member of a Turkic people)
Romanian
1 entries- peceneg noun (member of a Turkic people)
Russian
2 entries- печене́жский adj (of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language)
- печене́г noun (member of a Turkic people)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pečeneg noun (member of a Turkic people)
- печенег noun (member of a Turkic people)
Swedish
1 entries- patzinak noun (member of a Turkic people)
Turkish
1 entries- Peçenek noun (member of a Turkic people)
Ukrainian
1 entries- печені́г noun (member of a Turkic people)
Sample sentences
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One of the earliest Arab geographers who referred to the Pechenegs in south-eastern Europe was al-Iṣṭakhrī (circa 950).
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The siege of Dristra failed, as the emperor found himself surrounded by the Pechenegs.[…]Fearing a Cuman–Pecheneg alliance, Alexios immediately sued for peace and the Pechenegs agreed to a truce, which they immediately broke in order to take advantage of Alexios' notorious lack of troops and invade Thrace.
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[…]these loanwords are later borrowings from the Pecheneg and Comanian, respectively.
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