From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. a. [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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.]
Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central
Asia.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Altaic \Altaic\ n.
a collective term for a group of related linguistic families
including the Turkic, Tungusik and Mongolian languages,
spoken over a broad area from southeastern Europe and Asia,
as far east as the Pacific.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Altaic \Altaic\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Altaic languages. Altaic languages
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Altaic
adj 1: of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic
language group
2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern
Europe [syn: {Altaic}, {Altaic language}]
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