Turanian meaning

    to͝o-rā'nē-ən, -rä'-, tyo͝o-
    Of or relating to the Ural-Altaic languages or to the peoples who speak them.
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    A member of any of the peoples who speak languages of the Ural-Altaic group.
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    Origin of turanian

    • From Persian Tūrān , Turkistan
      From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

    Turanian Sentence Examples

    • the "enemies," a general name of the rapacious nomads, used also for the Turanian tribes), Mardi, Dropici, Sagartii (called by Darius Asagarta, in the central desert; cf.

    • The Parthians appear to have been a Turanian tribe who had adopted many Persian customs. They successfully withstood the Romans, and at one time their power extended from India to Syria.

    • the nomads of the Turanian desert.

    • by the fertile plain of Hyrcania (about Astrabad) at the foot of the mountains in the corner of the Caspian and by the Turanian desert; on the S.

    • 46), now Kelat still farther eastward; the centre of his power evidently lay on the borders of eastern Khorasan and the Turanian desert.

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