English Explanatory Dictionary

Turan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
  2. A surname from Turkish.
noun
  1. A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
name
  1. The Etruscan goddess of love, fertility, and vitality.

Word forms

Turan Tooran Touran

Etymology

From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

Derived words

Turanian Turanianism Turanianist Turanic Turanism Turanist Turan tiger
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