Standard Lemma guide

turban

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːbən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈtɝbən/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bən
  • CMU ARPABET: T ER1 B AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A towel wrapped around long wet hair in a manner resembling a turban.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To cover (a person's head) with a turban.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a small round woman's hat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pillbox, toque

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: millinery, woman's hat

7

noun

Meaning 7

a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: headdress, headgear

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çallmë — man’s head-dress
  • Arabic: عِمَامَة (ʕimāma) — man’s head-dress
  • Arabic: عمامة (ʕimāma) — man’s head-dress
  • Arabic: غبانة (ḡabāna) — man’s head-dress
  • Arabic: عمامة (ʕmāma) — man’s head-dress
  • Armenian: չալմա (čʻalma) — man’s head-dress
  • Assamese: পাগুৰি (paguri) — man’s head-dress
  • Assamese: পাগ (pag) — man’s head-dress
  • Azerbaijani: çalma — man’s head-dress
  • Azerbaijani: sarıq — man’s head-dress
  • Belarusian: чалма́ (čalmá) — man’s head-dress
  • Belarusian: цюрба́н (cjurbán) — man’s head-dress
  • Bengali: পাগড়ি (pagṛi) — man’s head-dress
  • Bengali: দস্তার (dostar) — man’s head-dress
  • Bengali: পাগ (pag) — man’s head-dress
  • Bengali: সরবন্দ (sorbond) — man’s head-dress
  • Bengali: আমামা (amama) — man’s head-dress
  • Bulgarian: тюрба́н (tjurbán) — man’s head-dress
  • Catalan: turbant — man’s head-dress
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᏚᎶ (alasdulo) — man’s head-dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭帕 /头帕 (tóupà) — man’s head-dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幞 (fú) — man’s head-dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 包頭 /包头 (bāotóu) — man’s head-dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 纏頭 /缠头 (chántóu) — man’s head-dress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭巾 /头巾 (tóujīn) — man’s head-dress
  • Ngazidja Comorian: kiemɓa — man’s head-dress
  • Crimean Tatar: çalma — man’s head-dress
  • Czech: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Danish: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Dutch: tulband — man’s head-dress
  • Esperanto: turbano — man’s head-dress
  • Estonian: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Finnish: turbaani — man’s head-dress
  • French: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Georgian: ჩალმა (čalma) — man’s head-dress
  • German: Turban — man’s head-dress
  • Ancient Greek: τιάρα (tiára) — man’s head-dress
  • Gujarati: ફાળિયું (phāḷiyũ) — man’s head-dress
  • Gujarati: પાઘડી (pāghḍī) — man’s head-dress
  • Hausa: rawani — man’s head-dress
  • Hebrew: טוּרבָּן (turban) — man’s head-dress
  • Hebrew: צָנִיף (tzaníf) — man’s head-dress
  • Hindi: पगड़ी (pagṛī) — man’s head-dress
  • Hindi: उश्णीष (uśṇīṣ) — man’s head-dress
  • Hindi: दस्तार (dastār) — man’s head-dress
  • Hungarian: turbán — man’s head-dress
  • Icelandic: vefjarhöttur — man’s head-dress
  • Icelandic: túrban — man’s head-dress
  • Indonesian: serban — man’s head-dress
  • Irish: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Italian: turbante — man’s head-dress
  • Japanese: 頭巾 (zukin) — man’s head-dress
  • Japanese: ターバン (tāban) — man’s head-dress
  • Karachay-Balkar: чалма (çalma) — man’s head-dress
  • Kazakh: сәлде (sälde) — man’s head-dress
  • Korean: 터번 (teobeon) — man’s head-dress
  • Northern Kurdish: destar — man’s head-dress
  • Northern Kurdish: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Kyrgyz: селде (selde) — man’s head-dress
  • Latin: mītra — man’s head-dress
  • Latvian: turbāns — man’s head-dress
  • Lithuanian: turbanas — man’s head-dress
  • Macedonian: ту́рбан (túrban) — man’s head-dress
  • Macedonian: ча́лма (čálma) — man’s head-dress
  • Malay: serban — man’s head-dress
  • Mongolian: чантуу (čantuu) — man’s head-dress
  • Norwegian Bokmål: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Ossetian: сарыхъ (saryq) — man’s head-dress
  • Pashto: دستار (dastãr) — man’s head-dress
  • Pashto: لونګۍ (lungᶕy) — man’s head-dress
  • Dari: لنگی (lungī) — man’s head-dress
  • Dari: دستار (dastār) — man’s head-dress
  • Iranian Persian: دستار (dastâr) — man’s head-dress
  • Iranian Persian: عمامه ('ammâme, 'emâme) — man’s head-dress
  • Plautdietsch: Wekjelduak — man’s head-dress
  • Polish: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Polish: zawój — man’s head-dress
  • Portuguese: turbante — man’s head-dress
  • Punjabi: ਦਸਤਾਰ (dastār) — man’s head-dress
  • Punjabi: ਪੱਗ (pagga) — man’s head-dress
  • Punjabi: ਪੱਗੜੀ (paggaṛī) — man’s head-dress
  • Romanian: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Russian: чалма́ (čalmá) — man’s head-dress
  • Russian: тюрба́н (tjurbán) — man’s head-dress
  • Russian: даста́р (dastár) — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̀рба̄н — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̑лма — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀рук — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùrbān — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȃlma — man’s head-dress
  • Serbo-Croatian: sàruk — man’s head-dress
  • Slovak: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Slovene: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Spanish: turbante — man’s head-dress
  • Swahili: kilemba — man’s head-dress
  • Swedish: turban — man’s head-dress
  • Tagalog: pugong — man’s head-dress
  • Tajik: дастор (dastor) — man’s head-dress
  • Tajik: аммома (ammoma) — man’s head-dress
  • Tajik: салла (salla) — man’s head-dress
  • Tatar: чалма (çalma) — man’s head-dress
  • Thai: ผ้าโพกหัว (pâa-pôok-hǔua) — man’s head-dress
  • Turkish: türban — man’s head-dress
  • Turkish: sarık — man’s head-dress
  • Turkish: destar — man’s head-dress
  • Ottoman Turkish: صارق (sarık) — man’s head-dress
  • Ottoman Turkish: چالمه (çalma) — man’s head-dress
  • Ottoman Turkish: دستار (destar) — man’s head-dress
  • Turkmen: selle — man’s head-dress
  • Ukrainian: чалма́ (čalmá) — man’s head-dress
  • Ukrainian: тюрба́н (tjurbán) — man’s head-dress
  • Urdu: پگڑی (pagṛī) — man’s head-dress
  • Urdu: دستار (dastār) — man’s head-dress
  • Uyghur: سەللە (selle) — man’s head-dress
  • Uzbek: salla — man’s head-dress
  • Uzbek: amoma — man’s head-dress
  • Vietnamese: khăn đóng — man’s head-dress
  • Vietnamese: khăn — man’s head-dress
  • Welsh: tyrban — man’s head-dress
  • Yiddish: טורבאַן (turban) — man’s head-dress
  • Yoruba: lawani — man’s head-dress
  • Zazaki: şal (diq) — man’s head-dress
  • Zazaki: çefi (diq) — man’s head-dress
  • Zazaki: mundi — man’s head-dress
  • Bulgarian: тюрбан (tjurban) — woman’s hat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女用頭巾 /女用头巾 (nǚyòng tóujīn) — woman’s hat
  • Finnish: turbaani — woman’s hat
  • German: Turban — woman’s hat
  • Italian: turbante — woman’s hat
  • Japanese: 頭巾 (zukin) — woman’s hat
  • Japanese: ターバン (tāban) — woman’s hat
  • Polish: zawój — woman’s hat
  • Turkish: türban — woman’s hat
  • Zazaki: leceg — woman’s hat
  • Zazaki: şal (diq) — woman’s hat
  • Zazaki: zolek — woman’s hat