Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tuvan

/ˈtuːvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: tu-van
IPA: /ˈtuːvən/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture.

noun

Someone from Tuva.

name

A Turkic language spoken around the area of Tuva.

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian Тува́ (Tuvá)bor. English Tuva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tuvan From Tuva + -an.

Inflected Forms

more Tuvan (comparative) most Tuvan (superlative) Tyvan (alternative) Tuvans (plural)

Synonyms

Tuvinian

Questions

How do you pronounce tuvan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtuːvən/.
What does tuvan mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture.
Where does tuvan come from?: Etymology tree Russian Тува́ (Tuvá)bor. English Tuva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tuvan From Tuva + -an.

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