turban
English

Alternative forms
- tulipant (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband), also the root of tulip.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝbən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːbən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Noun
turban (plural turbans)
- 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.
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- A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
- The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Derived terms
Translations
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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈturban]
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | turban | turbany |
genitive | turbanu | turbanů |
dative | turbanu | turbanům |
accusative | turban | turbany |
vocative | turbane | turbany |
locative | turbanu | turbanech |
instrumental | turbanem | turbany |
Danish
Declension
French
Etymology
From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “turban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of tulipan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtur.ban/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -urban
- Syllabification: tur‧ban
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) turban | turbanul | (niște) turbane | turbanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) turban | turbanului | (unor) turbane | turbanelor |
vocative | turbanule | turbanelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Turban, from Ottoman Turkish دبند (dülbend) (Turkish tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǔrbaːn/
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Declension
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǔrbaːn/
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Noun
tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)
- a sea urchin of the family Cidaridae
- turban snail (Bolma rugosa, Turbinidae)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈturban]
Noun
turban m (genitive singular turbanu, nominative plural turbany, genitive plural turbanov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Spanish
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɵrˈbɑːn/
Declension
Declension of turban | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | turban | turbanen | turbaner | turbanerna |
Genitive | turbans | turbanens | turbaners | turbanernas |