turban

See also Turban, turbán, and türban

English

A Sikh wearing a turban.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɜːrbən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bən

Noun

turban (plural turbans)

1. Man’s headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
2. Woman’s close-fitting hat with little or no brim.

Translations

man’s head-dress

Arabic: عمامة (ar) (3imaama) f. Armenian: չալմա (hy) (čalma) Azeri: çalma (az), sarıq (az) Belarusian: чалма (be) (čalmá) f. Bulgarian: тюрбан (bg) (tjurbán) m. Catalan: turbant (ca) m. Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᏚᎶ (alasdulo) Chinese: Mandarin: 頭帕 (cmn), 头帕 (cmn) (tóupà), 幞 (cmn) (fú), 包頭 (cmn), 包头 (cmn) (bāotóu), 纏頭 (cmn), 缠头 (cmn) (chántóu), 頭巾 (cmn), 头巾 (cmn) (tóujīn) Crimean Tatar: çalma Czech: turban (cs) m. Danish: turban (da) Dutch: tulband (nl) Esperanto: turbano (eo) Finnish: turbaani (fi) French: turban (fr) m. German: Turban (de) m. Gujarati: ફાળિયું (phāliyu.n) n. Hebrew: טורבן (he) Hindi: पगड़ी (hi) (pagr.ī) f., उश्णीष (hi) (uśṇīṣ) m. Hungarian: turbán (hu)

Icelandic: vefjarhöttur (is) m., túrban (is) m. Japanese: ターバン (ja) (tāban) Karachay-Balkar: чалма (çalma) Malay: serban (ms) Norwegian: turban (no) Ossetian: сарыхъ Persian: دستار (fa) (dastār) Polish: turban (pl) m. Portuguese: turbante (pt) Punjabi: ਦਸਤਾਰ (dastār) f., ਪੱਗ (pagg) f., ਪੱਗੜੀ (paggr.ī) f. Russian: чалма (ru) (čalmá) f., тюрбан (ru) (tjurbán) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ту̀рба̄н (sh) m., ча̑лма (sh) f., са̀рук (sh) m. Roman: tùrbān (sh) m., čȃlma (sh) f., sàruk (sh) m. Slovene: turban (sl) m. Spanish: turbante (es) m. Swedish: turban (sv) Tatar: чалма (tt) (çalma) Thai: ผ้าโพกหัว (pâa pôhk hŭa), ผ้าโพกหัว (th) (pâa pôhk hŭa) Turkish: türban (tr), sarık (tr) Ukrainian: чалма (uk) (čalmá) f. Urdu: پگڑی (pagr.ī) f.

woman’s hat

Chinese: Mandarin: 女用頭巾 (cmn), 女用头巾 (cmn) (nǚyòng tóujīn) Finnish: turbaani (fi)

German: Turban (de) m. Japanese: ターバン (ja) (tāban) Turkish: türban (tr)

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Turkish: çalma (tr)

See also

• puggry, puggree

External links

• Turban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nutbar
• tanbur

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French

Noun

turban m. (plural turbans)

1. a turban, (male headdress)

Anagrams

• bruant

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Polish

Etymology

From Turkish tülbent, from Persian دلبند dolband, also the root of tulip

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈt̪urbãn̪]

Noun

turban m.

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From German Turban, from Turkish tülbent, from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

• (turban): čȃlma, sàruk

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tǔrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m. (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

1. a sea urchin of the genus 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

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Spanish

Verb

turban (infinitive turbar)

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.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɵrˈbɑːn/

Noun

turban c.

1. a turban

Declension

Declension of turban

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	turban	turbanen	turbaner	turbanerna
genitive	turbans	turbanens	turbaners	turbanernas