turban

From Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːbən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝbən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən

turban (plural turbans)

2. (clothing) 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; […]

   • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 82, lines 74–76:

     From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […]

   • 1893, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Rukh”, in Many Inventions, London: Macmillan and Co., page 206:

     ‘Nay, I cannot move another step,’ he howled. ‘I am old and my turban is lost. Arré! Arré!’

   • 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.

3. A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
4. The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
6. 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^[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 December 2022:

     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^[2], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 November 2021:

     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?'

• turbant, tulipant (obsolete)

turban (third-person singular simple present turbans, present participle turbaning, simple past and past participle turbaned)

1. (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.

• puggry, puggree

• turban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• nut bar, nut-bar, nutbar, tanbur

• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

turban

1. a turban
2. a headband; a hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back

• IPA^(key): [ˈturban]
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

turban m inan

1. turban

• “turban”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “turban”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “turban”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Italian turbante, from Turkish tülbent, from Persian دلبند. Doublet of tulipan.

turban c (singular definite turbanen, plural indefinite turbaner)

1. turban (male headdress)

• “turban” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

turban m (plural turbans)

1. turban (male headdress)

• enturbanner
• enturbannement
• turbané

• → Danish: turban
• → English: turban
• → German: Turban
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tùrbān, ту̀рба̄н
• → Polish: turban
• → Russian: тюрба́н (tjurbán)
• → Swedish: turban
• → Turkish: türban

• “turban”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• bruant

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbaner, definite plural turbanene)

1. a turban

• “turban” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “turban” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.

turban m (definite singular turbanen, indefinite plural turbanar, definite plural turbanane)

1. a turban

• “turban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of tulipan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ban/

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• Rhymes: -urban
• Syllabification: tur‧ban

turban m inan (diminutive turbanik)

1. turban

   Synonym: zawój

• turban in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French turban, from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

turban n (plural turbane)

1. turban

Borrowed from German Turban, from Ottoman Turkish دبند (dülbend) (Turkish tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Doublet of tȕlipān (“tulip”).

• IPA^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

tùrbān m inan (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

1. turban

   Synonyms: čȃlma, sàruk

• “turban”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /tǔrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: tur‧ban

tùrbān m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̀рба̄н)

1. a sea urchin of the family Cidaridae
2. turban snail (Bolma rugosa, Turbinidae)

• “turban”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈturban]

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turban m inan

1. turban

• “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, 2003–2025

turban

1. third-person plural present indicative of turbar

• IPA^(key): /tɵrˈbɑːn/

turban c

1. a turban

• turban in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• turban in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• turban in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• brutna, buntar