Turanian adjective & noun. [tjʊ'reɪnɪǝn] Now rare. L18.
[from Persian Tūrān the region north of the Oxus + -IAN.]
A. adjective.
1. Designating or pertaining to the non-Indo-European and non-Semitic languages of central Asia, formerly regarded as belonging to a single family, esp. Ural-Altaic. L18.

2. Of or pertaining to any of the central Asian peoples speaking these languages. M19.
b. noun.
1. A member of any of the Turanian peoples. L18.

2. The Turanian languages collectively. M19.

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