Petcheneg

noun

Petch·​e·​neg

variants or Pecheneg

ˈpechəˌneg

or less commonly Pacheneg

ˈpach-

plural -s

: a member of a Turkish people invading the South Russian, Danubian, and Moldavian steppes during the early middle ages

Word History

Etymology

Russian Pecheneg

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