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Turan
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".
Proper noun
Turan
- (historical) A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 25:
- Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies.
- A surname from Turkish.
Derived terms
Translations
region in Central Asia
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Turan is the 33856th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 672 individuals. Turan is most common among White (91.96%) individuals.
Noun
Turan pl (plural only)
- A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".
Proper noun
Turan
- (Romania) "Turan", a region across Central Asia from Persian legend
Synonyms
References
- Murat, Taner (2011), “Turan”, in Dicționar tătar crimean – român / Kîrîm Tatarşa – Kazakşa Sózlík [Crimean Tatar – Romanian dictionary], Charleston: CreateSpace, page 436b
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Turan m pers (female equivalent Turanová)
- a male surname
Declension
Further reading
- “Turan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish توران (Turan), from Old Turkic 𐱄𐰆𐰺𐰣 (t¹ur¹n¹ /turan/).
Proper noun
Turan
- a male given name
- a surname
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