English
Turan
Turan comes from Classical Persian توران.
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتورانtūrān
- Englishearliest quotation 1828Turan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتورانtūrān
- Englishearliest quotation 1828Turan
Earliest quotation: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the…”
Every English word from Classical Persian توران
Today it means
name A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Persian توران / Turan