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.