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Turanian
Tu-ra′ni-an
,pr.
Adj.
[From
Tur
, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
Altaic
, Ural-Altaic
, and Scythian
), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and in Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages. Tu-ra′ni-an
,pr.
Noun.
One of the Turanians.