Meanings
Turan1
alternative archaic Tooran · alternative archaic Touran
- historicalA region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 25 - A surname from Turkish.
alternative archaic Tooran · alternative archaic Touran
- pluralplural onlyA nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Turan2
Origin
Turan · proper noun, noun
- Classical Persianتوران
- EnglishTuran
From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".
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Bengali তুরান
- তুরান (turan)region in Central Asia
Chinese Mandarin 圖蘭 /图兰
- 圖蘭 /图兰 (Túlán)region in Central Asia
French Touran
- Touranregion in Central Asia
Greek Τουράν
- Τουράν (Tourán)region in Central Asia
Hindi तूरान
- तूरान (tūrān)region in Central Asia
Hungarian Turán
- Turánregion in Central Asia
Latin Turānia
- Turāniaregion in Central Asia
Persian توران
- توران (Turân)region in Central Asia
Polish Turan
- Turanregion in Central Asia
Russian Тура́н
- Тура́н (Turán)region in Central Asia
Turkish Turan
- Turanregion in Central Asia
Urdu تُوران
- تُوران (tūrān)region in Central Asia
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Cite this entry
Turan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turan
“Turan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turan. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Turan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Turan.
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