Turanian

noun

Tu·​ra·​ni·​an tu̇-ˈrā-nē-ən 

tyu̇-,

-ˈrä- 

1

: a member of any of various peoples speaking Ural-Altaic languages

2

: ural-altaic

Turanian adjective

Word History

Etymology

Persian Tūrān Turkestan, the region north of the Amu Darya

First Known Use

circa 1777, in the meaning defined at sense 1