Persian

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Etymology

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"Son of Tur," whose name is of uncertain origin; possibly from تور (brave). The name is attested in the Avesta as 𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (iriia), drawing comparisons to Sanskrit तुरीय (turīya, fourth).

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Readings
Classical reading? tūrān
Dari reading? tūrān
Iranian reading? turân
Tajik reading? turon

Proper noun

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Dari توران
Iranian Persian
Tajik Турон

توران (turân)

  1. (historical) Turan (a region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians)

Derived terms

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Derived terms

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  • Gujarati: તુરાન (turān), તૂરાન (tūrān)
  • Urdu: توران (tūrān)

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Urdu

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توران

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian توران (tūrān, Turan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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توران (tūrān?

  1. (historical) Turan (a region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians)
  2. Turkestan; the realm of the Turkic peoples

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References

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  • توران”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “توران”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “توران”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • توران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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