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turanian

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
Tu=ra=ni=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

turanianpr. a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.].
     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 in Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.  [1913 Webster]
turanianpr. n. 
     One of the Turanians.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

turanian, n. & adj.
--n. the group of Asian languages that are neither Semitic nor Indo-European, esp. the Ural-Altaic family.
--adj. of or relating to this group.

Etymology
Pers. Turan region beyond the Oxus
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