turanian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tu*ra"ni*an adjective
Etymology
From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.
Definitions
  1. 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 Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
Tu*ra"ni*an noun
Definitions
  1. One of the Turanians.

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