Turanian
/ˌtjʊəˈreɪnɪən/adjective
- dated of, relating to, or denoting the languages of central Asia, particularly those of the Uralic and Altaic families, or the peoples that speak them〈旧〉(与)突雷尼语族(有关)的(该语族为中亚语族, 尤指乌拉尔语族和阿尔泰语族); (与)突雷尼人(有关)的。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Persian Tūrān, the region beyond the Oxus, + -IAN.