'Turanian' definitions:

Definition of 'Turanian'

From: GCIDE
  • Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Turanian'

From: GCIDE
  • Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. n. One of the Turanians. [1913 Webster]

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