Turanian
Americanadjective
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belonging or pertaining to a group of Asian peoples or languages comprising nearly all of those that are neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
noun
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a member of any of the peoples speaking a Turanian, especially a Ural-Altaic, language.
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a member of any of the Ural-Altaic peoples.
noun
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a member of any of the peoples inhabiting ancient Turkestan, or their descendants
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another name for Ural-Altaic
adjective
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of or relating to the Ural-Altaic languages or any of the peoples who speak them
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of or relating to Turkestan or its people
Etymology
Origin of Turanian
1770–80; < Persian Tūrān Turkestan + -ian
Example Sentences
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The inhabitants of the little known regions now variously known as Jungaria and Eastern Turkestan were, until recent years, considered to be of pure Tartar origin, and consequently members of the Turanian family.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Arejataçpa, now Arjasp, the Turanian, sacrifices in the Avesta in order to obtain victory over Vistaçpa, and the great equestrian, Zairivairi, the brother of Vistaçpa.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
The Parthians appear to have been a Turanian tribe who had adopted many Persian customs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
There are the Basques of Biscay—Tartar-sprung or Turanian, Finnic or surviving aborigines, let philologists decide; at any rate, a race by themselves, distinct in dress and habit, in laws and language, from all the rest.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
But when Kai Kaus wishes to make the grandson so happily discovered his successor, Tur, the son of king Naudar, opposes the elevation of a king who has Turanian blood in his veins.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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