TURANIAN


Meaning of TURANIAN in English

[ tjʊ'reɪnɪən ]

■ adjective dated relating to or denoting the languages of central Asia, particularly those of the Uralic and Altaic families, or the peoples that speak them.

Origin

C18: from Pers. Tūrān , the region beyond the Oxus, + -ian .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.