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Pecheneg
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English
right|thumb|The Byzantine Empire in 1045, showing the location of the Pecheneg Khanates (centre top)
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Alternative forms
en Pacheneg Patzinak Petcheneg Petchenek
Etymology
Borrowed from en ru печене́г.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɛt͡ʃənɛɡ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pecheneg.wav Southern England
Noun
en historical A member of a specific semi-nomadic Turkic people from central Asia, some of whom migrated into eastern Europe.
en 1987 Charles J. Halperin Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kPwX2dW-V6sC&pg=PA13&dq=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihkdLUxd7jAhWOvZ4KHWoBATcQ6AEIPzAE#v=onepage&q=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&f=false 13 w:Indiana University Press 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.
en 1993 Harry Thirlwall Norris Islam in the Balkans: Religion and Society Between Europe and the Arab World w:University of South Carolina Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RGmzir-ITtUC&pg=PA26&dq=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihkdLUxd7jAhWOvZ4KHWoBATcQ6AEITTAG#v=onepage&q=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&f=false 26 One of the earliest Arab geographers who referred to the Pechenegs in south-eastern Europe was al-Iṣṭakhrī (circa 950).
en 2006 w:Florin Curta Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YIAYMNOOe0YC&pg=PA301&dq=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihkdLUxd7jAhWOvZ4KHWoBATcQ6AEIRTAF#v=onepage&q=%22pecheneg%22%7C%22pechenegs%22&f=false 301 w:Cambridge University Press 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.
Translations
member of a Turkic people
Arabic: ar بَجَنَكْ
Armenian: hy պեչենեգ
Middle Armenian: axm պածինակ
Azerbaijani: az peçeneq
Belarusian: be печане́г m
Czech: cs Pečeněh m
Georgian: ka პაჭანიკი
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Πατζινάκες
Hungarian: hu besenyő
Japanese: ja ペチェネグ pechenegu
Karakhanid: xqa بَجَنَكْ bäčänäk
Khakas: kjh печенек
Korean: ko 페체네그, ko 페체네그인
Marathi: mr पेचेनेग
Old East Slavic: orv печенѣгъ m
Polish: pl Pieczynieg m
Romanian: ro peceneg m
Russian: ru печене́г m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh печенег m
Latin: sh pečeneg m
Spanish: es pechenego m
Swedish: sv patzinak c
Turkish: tr Peçenek
Ukrainian: uk печені́г m
Proper noun
en historical The now extinct Turkic language spoken by the Pechenegs.
en 1991 Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, Volume 7 Peter de Ridder Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QxRpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22pecheneg%22+language&dq=%22pecheneg%22+language&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHicLf0ODjAhXELo8KHQlLB1UQ6AEIfTAR 286 these loanwords are later borrowings from the Pecheneg and Comanian, respectively.
Translations
language
Marathi: mr पेचेनेग f
Adjective
-
Of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language.
Translations
of or relating to the Pecheneg people or their language
Khakas: kjh печенек
Marathi: mr पेचेनेग
Russian: ru печене́жский
See also
en Cuman
en Kipchak
Further reading
Pecheneg language
Khazars
Turkic peoples
Turkic migration
Timeline of the Turkic peoples (500–1300)
en Extinct languages Languages Tribes