turban

See also: Turban, turbán, and türban

English
A Sikh wearing a turban.

Etymology

From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند‎ (tülbent), from Persian دلبند‎ (dolband), also the root of tulip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bən/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən

Noun

turban (plural turbans)

  1. A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.
  2. A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
  3. The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

turban

  1. a turban
  2. a headband; a hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back

Danish

Etymology

From Italian turbante, from Turkish tülbent, from Persian دلبند‎. Doublet of tulipan.

Noun

turban c (singular definite turbanen, plural indefinite turbaner)

  1. turban (male headdress)

Declension
Declension of turban
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative turban turbanen turbaner turbanerne
genitive turbans turbanens turbaners turbanernes

References

French

Etymology

From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند‎ (tülbent), from Persian دلبند‎ (dolband).

Noun

turban m (plural turbans)

  1. turban (male headdress)

Further reading

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

From French turban, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند‎ (tülbent), from Persian دلبند‎ (dolband). Doublet of tulipan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtur.ban/

Noun

turban m inan

  1. turban

Declension
declension of turban
singular plural
nominative turban turbany
genitive turbanu turbanów
dative turbanowi turbanom
accusative turban turbany
instrumental turbanem turbanami
locative turbanie turbanach
vocative turbanie turbany

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Turban, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند‎ (dülbend) (Turkish tülbent), from Persian دلبند‎ (dolband).

Doublet of tȕlipān (“tulip”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tǔrbaːn/
  • Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

  1. turban
Declension
Declension of turban
singular plural
nominative tùrbān turbani
genitive turbána turbana
dative turbanu turbanima
accusative turban turbane
vocative turbane turbani
locative turbanu turbanima
instrumental turbanom turbanima
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tǔrbaːn/
  • Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

  1. a sea urchin of the family Cidaridae
  2. turban snail (Bolma rugosa, Turbinidae)
Declension
Declension of turban
singular plural
nominative tùrbān turbani
genitive turbána turbana
dative turbanu turbanima
accusative turbana turbane
vocative turbane turbani
locative turbanu turbanima
instrumental turbanom turbanima

Spanish

Verb

turban

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of turbar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of turbar.

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɵrˈbɑːn/

Noun

turban c

  1. a turban

Declension
Declension of turban 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative turban turbanen turbaner turbanerna
Genitive turbans turbanens turbaners turbanernas
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