"Turan" meaning in English

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Proper name

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 (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 'region in Central Asia': 97 0 2
  2. Any of the languages of these people.
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-name-0b~qzMp5
  3. A surname from Turkish. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Turan-en-name-UlMIYTsT Disambiguation of Languages: 30 25 42 3 Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Turan tiger

Noun

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

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