Turanian
adjective
Turanian is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to Turan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-U-R-A-N-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Turanian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Turan.
- 2
Of or pertaining to the Turanians.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA member of any of the Asian peoples who speak Uralic or Altaic (or Turan) languages.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Turanian?
Turanian appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Turanian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | touranien, touranique , Touranien, Touranienne |
| German | turanisch , Turaner, Turanerin |
| Spanish | turánico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Turanian come from?
From Turan + -ian. Use picked up in the mid 1800s, peaking in the late 1800s before dropping off in the mid 1900s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).