Altaic

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turanian \Tu*ra"ni*an\, pr. 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 in Central Asia; of
     pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these
     languages.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altaian \Al*ta"ian\, Altaic \Al*ta"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alta["i]que.]
     Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central
     Asia.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altaic \Altaic\ n.
     a collective term for a group of related linguistic families
     including the Turkic, Tungusik and Mongolian languages,
     spoken over a broad area from southeastern Europe and Asia,
     as far east as the Pacific.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altaic \Altaic\ adj.
     1. of or pertaining to the Altaic languages. Altaic languages
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Altaic
       adj : of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
       n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic
            language group
       2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern
          Europe [syn: {Altaic language}]