Turanian

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

Tu·ra·ni·an

noun \t-ˈrā-nē-ən, ty-, -ˈrä-\

Definition of TURANIAN

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

Origin of TURANIAN

Persian Tūrān Turkestan, the region north of the Amu Darya
First Known Use: circa 1777

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