turbant

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bənt/

turbant (plural turbants)

1. Obsolete form of turban.
   • 1644, J[ames] H[owell], “England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, ”, in ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ . Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest. , 2nd edition, , →OCLC, page 159:

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

   • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 82, lines 74–76:

     From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […]

• “turbant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Middle French turbant or from Italian turbante, both ultimately from Persian دلبند (dolband).

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turbant m (plural turbants)

1. turban

• “turbant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “turbant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

turbant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of turbō