Polovtsy
/pə(ʊ)ˈlɒvtsi/ /ˈpɒləvtsi/noun
Treated as plural. A nomadic Turkic people who inhabited the central Eurasian steppe between the 11th and 13th centuries.
Origin
Mid 18th century. From Russian polovcy, plural of polovec, perhaps from polovyj yellowish-white, pale + -ec, suffix forming nouns.
- Hite, Shere
- hithe
- hither
- hither and thither (also hither and yon)
- hither and yon
- hitherto
- hitherward
- hit home
- hit it off
- Hitler, Adolf
- Hitlerian
- Hitlerism
- Hitlerite
- Hitler moustache
- Hitler salute
- hit list
- hitmaker
- hitman
- hit on
- hit (or make) the scene
- hit-or-miss
- hit (or strike) home
- hit-out
- hit parade
- hit single