turbant

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bənt/

Noun

turbant (plural turbants)

  1. Obsolete form of turban.
    • 1644, J[ames] H[owell], “England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, []”, in ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest. [], 2nd edition, [Oxford, Oxfordshire: H. Hall], →OCLC, page 159:
      Methinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turbant, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, elſe he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; []
    • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: [] J. M[acock] for John Starkey [], →OCLC, lines 69–79:
      [] Some from furthest south, / Syene, and where the shadow both way falls, / Meroë, Nilotic isle; and, more to west, / The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea; / From the Asian kings, and Parthian among these; / From India and the Golden Chersonese, / And utmost Indian isle Taprobanè, / Dusk faces with white silken turbants wreathed; / From Gallia, Gades, and the British west, / Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians north, / Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French turbant or from Italian turbante, both ultimately from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Pronunciation

Noun

turbant m (plural turbants)

  1. turban

Further reading

Latin

Verb

turbant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of turbō
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