Etymology

turban

tur·ban
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Today it means: A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. Full definition →

Middle French turbant ← Italian turbante ← Ottoman Turkish دلبند
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromدلبند
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromدلبند
  3. Italian · derived fromturbante
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromturbant
  5. English todayturban

Borrowed from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip.

Words from the same roots

Ottoman Turkishدلبند all →

tulip

Classical Persianدلبند all →

tuliptulipant

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.