Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TURANIAN
Tu *ra "ni *an, a. Etym: [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind. ]
Defn: 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 Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
TURANIAN
TURANIAN Tu *ra "ni *an, n.
Defn: One of the Turanians.
TURANIANS
TURANIANS Tu *ra "ni *ans, n. pl. (Ethnol.)(a ) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians. (b ) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Turanian
Tu ra ni an |t (y )o͝oˈrānēən tjʊˈreɪniən | ▶adjective dated of, relating to, or denoting the languages of central Asia, particularly those of the Uralic and Altaic families, or the peoples that speak them. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Persian Tūrān, the region beyond the Oxus, + -ian .
Oxford Dictionary
Turanian
Turanian |tjʊˈreɪnɪən | ▶adjective dated relating to or denoting the languages of central Asia, particularly those of the Uralic and Altaic families, or the peoples that speak them. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Persian Tūrān, the region beyond the Oxus, + -ian .
The Wordsmith Dictionary