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Turkmen literature (Turkmen: Türkmen edebiýaty) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Old Oghuz Turkic and Turkmen languages. The Turkmens are direct descendants of the Oghuz Turks , who were a western Turkic people , who formed the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Oghuz Turkic ethnic group of Central Asia This article is about the Central Asian ethnic group. For other ethnic groups, see Turkmen (disambiguation) § Ethnic groups. Ethnic group Turkmens Türkmenler Түркменлер توركمنلر Turkmens in folk costume at the 20th ...
Magtymguly Pyragy (Persian: مخدوم قلی فراغی Makhdumqoli [a] Farāghi; Turkmen: Magtymguly Pyragy; Turkmen pronunciation: [ˌmɑɣtɯmɢʊˈlɯ ˌpɯɾɑːˈɣɯ]; c. 1724 – 1807), [2] born Magtymguly, was an Iranian-Turkmen [3] spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller, who is considered the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history.
100 manat banknote of Turkmenistan depicting Oghuz Khan. Shajara-i Tarākima can be divided into three parts: information of a Quranic nature (the story of Adam); information based on the Oghuz-Turkmen epic, which includes the story of Oghuz Khan and his descendants, and information acquired through oral tradition about the origin, division and location of the Oghuz tribes (in particular, the ...
Döwletmämmet Azady (Persian: دولت محمد آزادى [2] Doulatmammed Āzādi; Turkmen: Döwletmämmet Azady) was a Turkmen poet [3] [1] and Sufi scholar. He is the father of poet Magtymguly Pyragy, the "father of Turkmen literature".
Mämmetweli Kemine (c. 1770 – c. 1840) was a Turkmen satirical poet whose works have become a key part of Turkmen literature. [1] [2] Born in Sarahs, he studied at the Islamic medrassah in Bukhara. Some forty of his poems survive. Many are critical of the clergy and landowners.
By the 13th century, the term Turkmen supplanted the designation Oghuz altogether. The origin of the word Turkmen remains unclear. According to popular etymologies as old as the 11th century, the word derives from Turk plus the Iranian element manand, and means "resembling a Turk." Modern scholars, on the other hand, have proposed that the ...
Oghuz Khagan or Oghuz Khan (Turkish: Oğuz Kağan or Oğuz Han; Azerbaijani: Oğuz Xan or Oğuz Xaqan; Turkmen: Oguz Han or Oguz Kagan) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks. [1] Some Turkic cultures use the legend of Oghuz Khan to describe their ethnic