Turanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Tooran, Touran (archaic)

語源

From Classical Persian توران (tūrān), originally meaning "the Land of Tur".

固有名詞

Turan

1. (historical) A region of Central Asia, originally populated by Iranian Central Asian nomads; later, Iranians came to identify Turkic neighbours as Turanians.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 25:

     Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies.

2. A surname from Turkish.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Turan is the 33856 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 672 individuals. Turan is most common among White (91.96%) individuals.

名詞

Turan pl (plural only)

1. A nomadic people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

アナグラム

• Rutan, arnut, run at, tanru, untar