Kipchak Turks

The Kipchaks were a Turkic nomadic people and confederation that existed in the Middle Ages, inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe. First mentioned in the 8th century as part of the Turkic Khaganate, they most likely inhabited the Altai region from where they expanded over the following centuries, first as part of the Kimek Khanate and later as part of a confederation with the Cumans. There were groups of Kipchaks in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, Syr Darya and Siberia. The Cuman–Kipchak confederation was conquered by the Mongols in the early 13th century.

The Kipchaks described their name as meaning 'hollow tree'; according to them, inside a hollow tree, their original human ancestress gave birth to her son.

Their name appears occasionally transliterated in other languages, such as Arabic: ‎‎قفجاق, Qifjāq; Persian: ‎‎قبچاق, Qabčāq/Qabcâq; Georgian: ყივჩაყები, Qivçaqebi; Turkish: Kıpçak; Crimean Tatar: Kıpçaq, Karachay-Balkar: Къыпчакъ, Qıpçaq; Uzbek: Qipchoq, Қипчоқ/قىپچاق; Uyghur: ‎قىپچاق, Qipchaq/Қипчақ; Kazakh: Қыпшақ, Qıpşaq; Kumyk: Къыпчакъ, Qıpçaq; Kyrgyz: Кыпчак, Qıpçaq; Nogai: Кыпчак; Chinese: 欽察/钦察, Qīnchá. Other English transliteration include Kypchaks and Qipchaks.

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