turban

English

Alternative forms

• tulipant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝbən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən

Noun

turban (plural turbans)

1. A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
   • 1644, James Howell, England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, , London: Richard Heron, →OCLC, page 4:

     Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]

   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

2. A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
3. The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
5. A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.
   • 2021 April 1, Helen Wilson-Beevers, “8 best hair towel wraps and turbans that protect and dry your locks”, in The Independent‎, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:

     Towel hair wraps come in a mixture of materials, from microfibre to polyester, while satin and silk are the go-to materials for sleep turbans.

   • 2021 November 17, Matilda Rudd, “REVEALED: The $43 ‘magic’ hair towel that leaves your locks shiny and shaves your drying time by 50 per cent after a shower”, in Daily Mail‎, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-18:

     While there are certainly other towel turbans on the market, this one has women scratching their heads in confusion and asking: 'How does it work so well?'

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

turban (third-person singular simple present turbans, present participle turbaning, simple past and past participle turbaned)

1. (transitive) To cover (a person's head) with a turban.
   • 2014, Paul Bramadat, Lorne Dawson, Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond, page 186:

     While the law did not specifically target Sikhs, turbaned Sikh schoolchildren attending state schools were severely affected

   • 2018, Madilyn Elliott, Global Expats: A Journey in Italy:

     When we arrived to the shop the man in charge told the staff to turban our heads.

See also

• puggry, puggree

Further reading

• turban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nut bar, nut-bar, nutbar, tanbur

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

turban

1. a turban
2. a headband; a hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

turban m inan

1. turban

Declension

Further reading

• turban in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• turban in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• turban in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Italian turbante, from Turkish tülbent, from Persian دلبند. Doublet of tulipan.

Noun

turban c (singular definite turbanen, plural indefinite turbaner)

1. turban (male headdress)

Declension

References

• “turban” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Noun

turban m (plural turbans)

1. turban (male headdress)

Derived terms

• enturbanner
• enturbannement
• turbané

Descendants

• → Danish: turban
• → English: turban
• → German: Turban
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tùrbān, ту̀рба̄н
• → Polish: turban
• → Russian: тюрба́н (tjurbán)
• → Swedish: turban
• → Turkish: türban

Further reading

• “turban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• bruant

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

turban

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.

Noun

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbaner, definite plural turbanene)

1. a turban

References

• “turban” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “turban” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.

Noun

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbanar, definite plural turbanane)

1. a turban

References

• “turban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

turban

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of tulipan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ban/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -urban
• Syllabification: tur‧ban

Noun

turban m inan (diminutive turbanik)

1. turban

   Synonym: zawój

Declension

Further reading

• turban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Noun

turban n (plural turbane)

1. turban

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Turban, from Ottoman Turkish دبند (dülbend) (Turkish tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Doublet of tȕlipān (“tulip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

1. turban

   Synonyms: čȃlma, sàruk

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

1. a sea urchin of the family Cidaridae
2. turban snail (Bolma rugosa, Turbinidae)

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

turban m inan (genitive singular turbanu, nominative plural turbany, genitive plural turbanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. turban

Declension

Further reading

• “turban”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Verb

turban

1. third-person plural present indicative of turbar

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɵrˈbɑːn/

Noun

turban c

1. a turban

Declension

References

• turban in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• turban in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• turban in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• brutna, buntar