The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ural-Altaic
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.
Ural-Altaic
Ural-Altaic \U"ral-Al*ta"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.