توران

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Persian

Etymology

"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).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

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

References

Urdu

توران

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian توران (tūrān, Turan).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Derived terms

References

  • 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.