"Turan" meaning in All languages combined

See Turan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|توران|tr=tūrān}} Classical Persian توران (tūrān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Turan
  1. (historical) A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Regions of Asia Translations (region in Central Asia): তুরান (turan) (Bengali), 圖蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 图兰 (Túlán) (Chinese Mandarin), तूरान (tūrān) [masculine] (Hindi), Turán (Hungarian), توران (Turan) (Ottoman Turkish), توران (Persian), Туран (Turan) (Russian), Турон (Turon) (Tajik)
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-name-4YLwjNyh Disambiguation of Languages: 38 21 35 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 20 11 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 16 8 17 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 56 13 10 22 Disambiguation of 'region in Central Asia': 97 0 2
  2. Any of the languages of these people. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-name-0b~qzMp5 Disambiguation of Languages: 38 21 35 7
  3. A surname from Turkish. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-name-UlMIYTsT Disambiguation of Languages: 38 21 35 7 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Turan tiger

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|توران|tr=tūrān}} Classical Persian توران (tūrān) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Turan pl (plural only)
  1. A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-noun-I8cuZfmp

Proper name [Turkish]

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish توران (Turan), from Old Turkic 𐱄𐰆𐰺𐰣 (t¹ur¹n¹ /⁠turan⁠/). Etymology templates: {{inh|tr|ota|توران|tr=Turan}} Ottoman Turkish توران (Turan), {{der|tr|otk|𐱄𐰆𐰺𐰣||ts=turan}} Old Turkic 𐱄𐰆𐰺𐰣 (t¹ur¹n¹ /⁠turan⁠/) Head templates: {{head|tr|proper noun|head=}} Turan, {{tr-proper noun}} Turan
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Turkish given names, Turkish male given names
    Sense id: en-Turan-tr-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-Turan-tr-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Turkish surnames

Download JSON data for Turan meaning in All languages combined (6.8kB)

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