Turanian
/tjʊˈreɪniən/noun
Relating to Turan or, historically, to a proposed linguistic and ethnic grouping associated with Central and northern Asia.
Did you know?In nineteenth-century comparative linguistics, “Turanian” was used for a now-abandoned language family grouping languages such as Turkish, Finnish, and Mongolic, despite their lack of a proven common origin.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Iranian period
Avestan
Tūirya
“The name of a people or cultural group opposed to the Ēr- or Iranian peoples in Zoroastrian tradition; its deeper etymology is uncertain.”
Early medieval Persian
Middle Persian
Tūrān
“The region or realm associated with the Tūrya, imagined as lying beyond the Iranian lands.”
10th–11th Century
New Persian
Tūrān
“The Central Asian land of Turan, especially in contrast with Iran, as portrayed in Persian historical and epic tradition.”
19th Century
European scholarly English
Turanian
“Relating to Turan; later applied by some European scholars to a proposed broad language family.”
Modern English
English
Turanian
“Relating to Turan, Central Asian peoples or cultures, or the obsolete Turanian linguistic classification.”