Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: tu-ra-ni-an
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Turan.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Turanians.

noun

A member of any of the Asian peoples who speak Uralic or Altaic (or Turan) languages.

Obsolete

name

A proposed language family (now generally rejected) encompassing the Uralic and Altaic languages; Ural-Altaic.

Example Sentences

"The first written book which has come down to us in the Japanese, or indeed in any Turanian tongue, is the Kojiki or “Records of Ancient Matters,” which was completed A.D. 712."
"The Esthonians of Russia, who, like the Magyars, belong to the great Turanian family of mankind."

Etymology

From Turan + -ian. Use picked up in the mid 1800s, peaking in the late 1800s before dropping off in the mid 1900s.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Turan

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Tooranian (alternative, archaic) Touranian (alternative, archaic) Turanians (plural)

Derived Forms

Turanianism Turanianist

Synonyms

Turanic

Questions

What does turanian mean?: Of or pertaining to Turan.
Where does turanian come from?: From Turan + -ian. Use picked up in the mid 1800s, peaking in the late 1800s before dropping off in the mid 1900s.

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