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turfan

/ˈtʊr.fɑːn/

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noun

/ˈtʊr.fɑːn/formalscientific
  • ruИмя собственное, обозначающее диалект тохарского языка, вымершего индоевропейского языка, на котором когда-то говорили в Таримской котловине в Центральной Азии.

A proper noun referring to a dialect of Tocharian, an extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. Dialect of TocharianC2formal

    A specific dialect of the Tocharian language, an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family, associated with the Turfan region.

    ruТурфанский диалект

    • Scholars study Turfan to understand the spread of Indo-European languages.
    • The Turfan dialect is known from manuscripts found in the Tarim Basin.
    • Linguists compare Turfan with other Tocharian dialects to reconstruct the parent language.