turban
English

Alternative forms
- tulipant (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːbən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝbən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
Noun
turban (plural turbans)
- A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
- 1644, James Howell, England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […], London: […] Richard Heron, →OCLC, page 4:
- Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]
- 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.
- A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.
- 2021 April 1, Helen Wilson-Beevers, “8 best hair towel wraps and turbans that protect and dry your locks”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-14:
- Towel hair wraps come in a mixture of materials, from microfibre to polyester, while satin and silk are the go-to materials for sleep turbans.
- 2021 November 17, Matilda Rudd, “REVEALED: The $43 ‘magic’ hair towel that leaves your locks shiny and shaves your drying time by 50 per cent after a shower”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-18:
- While there are certainly other towel turbans on the market, this one has women scratching their heads in confusion and asking: 'How does it work so well?'
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
turban (third-person singular simple present turbans, present participle turbaning, simple past and past participle turbaned)
- (transitive) To cover (a person's head) with a turban.
- 2014, Paul Bramadat, Lorne Dawson, Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond, page 186:
- While the law did not specifically target Sikhs, turbaned Sikh schoolchildren attending state schools were severely affected
- 2018, Madilyn Elliott, Global Expats: A Journey in Italy:
- When we arrived to the shop the man in charge told the staff to turban our heads.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈturban]
- Hyphenation: tur‧ban
Declension
French
Etymology
Inherited 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.
Anagrams
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.
Noun
turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbanar, definite plural turbanane)
- a turban
References
- “turban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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
Further reading
- turban in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).
Declension
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 inan (genitive singular turbanu, nominative plural turbany, genitive plural turbanov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Further reading
- “turban”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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 |