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/
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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
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Meaning relationships
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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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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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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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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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6
noun
Meaning 6
a small round woman's hat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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
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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