Definition of Turfan - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

geography

Rare

city in Xinjiang, China known for its history

Rare

Turfan is famous for its ancient ruins.

linguistic term

Dated

dialect of Tocharian spoken in Qarašähär and Turpan

Dated

The Turfan dialect is studied by linguists.

dialect

language

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Origin of Turfan

Chinese, Turpan (place name)

Examples of Turfan in a sentence

The climate in Turfan is extremely arid.
Turfan is rarely spoken outside its region.
Researchers are documenting the Turfan dialect.

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French:Turfan, turfan, ...
German:Turfan, ...
Italian:Turfan, ...
Spanish:Turfan, ...
Portuguese:Turfan, Turfano, ...
Chinese:吐鲁番, ...
Japanese:トルファン, トゥルファン方言, ...
Arabic:تُرفان, تورفان, ...
Hebrew:טוּרְפָּן, ...
Russian:Турфан, ...
Ukrainian:Турфан, ...
Hindi:तुर्फान, तुरफ़ान, ...
Bengali:তুরফান, ...
Catalan:Turfan, ...
Czech:Turfan, turfanský dialekt, ...
Danish:Turfan, Turfan-dialekt, ...
Dutch:Turfan, ...
Greek:Τουρφάν, ...
Hungarian:Turpán, turfáni nyelvjárás, ...
Khmer:ទួរផាន, ទួរហ្វាន, ...
Korean:투르판, 투르판 방언, ...
Persian:تورفان, گویش تورفان, ...
Polish:Turfan, dialekt Turfan, ...
Portuguese (BR):Turfan, ...
Romanian:Turfan, dialectul Turfan, ...
Swedish:Turfan, Turfandialekt, ...
Thai:เมืองทูร์ฟาน, ทูร์ฟาน, ...
Turkish:Turfan, ...
Vietnamese:Turfan, ...

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