turban

See also: Turban, turbán, and türban

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bən/
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.
A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Derived terms

Translations

man's head-dress

Albanian: çallmë (sq) f
Arabic: عِمَامَة f (ʕimāma)
Armenian: չալմա (hy) (čʻalma)
Assamese: পাগুৰি (paguri), পাগ (pag)
Azerbaijani: çalma (az), sarıq
Belarusian: чалма́ f (čalmá), цюрба́н m (cjurbán)
Bulgarian: тюрба́н m (tjurbán)
Catalan: turbant m
Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᏚᎶ (alasdulo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭帕／头帕 (zh), 头帕 (zh) (tóupà), 幞 (zh) (fú), 包頭／包头 (zh) (bāotóu), 包头 (zh) (bāotóu), 纏頭／缠头 (zh) (chántóu), 缠头 (zh) (chántóu), 頭巾／头巾 (zh) (tóujīn), 头巾 (zh) (tóujīn)
Crimean Tatar: çalma
Czech: turban (cs) m
Danish: turban c
Dutch: tulband (nl)
Esperanto: turbano
Estonian: turban (et)
Finnish: turbaani (fi)
French: turban (fr) m
Georgian: ჩალმა (čalma)
German: Turban (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: τιάρα f (tiára)
Gujarati: ફાળિયું n (phāḷiyũ)
Hebrew: טוּרבָּן m (turban)
Hindi: पगड़ी (hi) f (pagṛī), उश्णीष m (uśṇīṣ)
Hungarian: turbán (hu)
Icelandic: vefjarhöttur m, túrban m
Indonesian: serban (id)
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Italian: turbante (it) m
Japanese: 頭巾 (zukin), ターバン (tāban)
Karachay-Balkar: чалма (çalma)
Kazakh: сәлде (sälde)
Korean: 터번 (teobeon)
Kyrgyz: селде (ky) (selde)
Latin: mitra f
Latvian: turbāns m
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Lithuanian: turbanas m
Macedonian: ту́рбан m (túrban), ча́лма f (čálma)
Malay: serban (ms)
Ngazidja Comorian: kiemɓa class 9/10
Norwegian:
Bokmål: turban m

Nynorsk: turban m
Ossetian: сарыхъ (saryq)
Ottoman Turkish: چالمه (çalma)
Persian: دستار (fa) (dastâr), عمامه (fa) ('ammâme, 'emâme)
Polish: turban (pl) m, zawój (pl) m
Portuguese: turbante (pt)
Punjabi: ਦਸਤਾਰ (pa) f (dastār), ਪੱਗ f (pagga), ਪੱਗੜੀ f (paggaṛī)
Romanian: turban (ro) n
Russian: чалма́ (ru) f (čalmá), тюрба́н (ru) m (tjurbán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ту̀рба̄н m, ча̑лма f, са̀рук m

Roman: tùrbān (sh) m, čȃlma (sh) f, sàruk (sh) m
Slovak: turban m
Slovene: turban (sl) m
Spanish: turbante (es) m
Swahili: kilemba (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: turban (sv) c
Tagalog: pugong
Tajik: дастор (dastor), аммома (ammoma), салла (salla)
Tatar: чалма (çalma)
Thai: ผ้าโพกหัว (pâa-pôok-hǔua)
Turkish: türban (tr), sarık (tr)
Turkmen: selle
Ukrainian: чалма́ f (čalmá), тюрба́н m (tjurbán)
Urdu: پگڑی f (pagṛī)
Uyghur: سەللە (selle)
Uzbek: salla (uz), amoma (uz)
Vietnamese: khăn đóng
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
Zazaki: şal, çefi, mundi

woman's hat

Chinese:
Mandarin: 女用頭巾／女用头巾, 女用头巾 (nǚyòng tóujīn)
Finnish: turbaani (fi)
German: Turban (de) m
Italian: turbante (it) m
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Japanese: 頭巾 (zukin), ターバン (tāban)
Polish: zawój (pl) m, zawoik m
Turkish: türban (tr)
Zazaki: leceg, şal, zolek f

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Translations to be checked

Turkish: ^{(please verify)} çalma (tr)
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Anagrams

nut bar, nut-bar, nutbar, tanbur

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

turban

a turban
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 . Doublet of tulipan.

Noun

turban c (singular definite turbanen, plural indefinite turbaner)

turban (male headdress)

Declension

Declension of turban

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

References

“turban” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Noun

turban m (plural turbans)

turban (male headdress)

Derived terms

Anagrams

bruant

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

turban

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan

Noun

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbaner, definite plural turbanene)

a turban

References

“turban” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“turban” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan

Noun

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbanar, definite plural turbanane)

a turban

References

“turban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Template:pl-IPA

Noun

turban m inan

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 (dolband).

Doublet of tȕlipān (“tulip”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

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^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
Hyphenation: tur‧ban

Noun

tùrbān m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

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turban snail (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 848: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., 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

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɵrˈbɑːn/

Noun

turban c

a turban

Declension

Declension of turban

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

Anagrams

brutna, buntar

turban

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

References

French

Etymology

Noun

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Spanish

Verb

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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