Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern
part of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language
or inhabitants.
Scythian lamb. (Bot.) See Barometz.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Scythian \Scyth"i*an\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.),
one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied
Eastern Europe.
2. The language of the Scythians.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian
legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom
sprang the races of mankind.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of
languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the
northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of
pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
languages.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |