توران

Persian

Etymology

"Son of Tur," whose name is of uncertain origin; possibly from ‎ (“brave”). The name is attested in the Avesta as 𐬙𐬏𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (tūⁱriia), drawing comparisons to Sanskrit तुरीय (turīya, “fourth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːɾɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːɾɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːɾɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /tuɾɔn/

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	توران
Dari	توران
Tajik	Турон (Turon)

توران • (turân)

Turan

Derived terms

تورانی‎ (turâni, “Turanian”)

References

Brill (1993): First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936, p. 879
“Turk”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo, Sūryanātha Kāmat (1993): The Aryan Problem: Papers Presented at the Seminar on the Aryan Problem Held at Bangalore in July 1991, p. 93

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