Turan

English

proper noun

Definitions

(historical) (region in Central Asia), originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
Any of the languages of these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian توران.

Origin

Persian

توران

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Turanian English
Turanism English
κέρας Ancient Greek
توران Persian
türk Old Turkic