TURANIAN


Meaning of TURANIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tu̇-ˈrā-nē-ən, tyu̇-, -ˈrä- ]

noun

Etymology: Persian Tūrān Turkestan, the region north of the Amu Darya

Date: circa 1777

1. : a member of any of various peoples speaking Ural-Altaic languages

2. : Ural-Altaic

• Turanian adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.