Standard Lemma guide

Tuvan

adj · name · noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtuːvən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A Turkic language spoken around the area of Tuva.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone from Tuva.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian Тува́ (Tuvá)bor. English Tuva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tuvan From Tuva + -an.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tuvinià — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Catalan: tuva — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Dutch: Toevaans — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Hungarian: tuvai — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Polish: tuwański — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Russian: туви́нский (tuvínskij) — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̀вӣнскӣ — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùvīnskī — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Slovak: tuvinský — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Spanish: tuvano — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Tofa: чооды (çoodı) — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Tuvan: тыва (tıva) — pertaining to Tuva or its people or culture
  • Arabic: اللغة التوفانية — language
  • Catalan: tuvinià — language
  • Catalan: tuva — language
  • Cherokee: ᏚᏫᏂᎠᏂ (duwiniani) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖瓦語 /图瓦语 (Túwǎ yǔ) — language
  • Czech: tuvinština — language
  • Dutch: Toevaans — language
  • Finnish: tuva — language
  • German: Tuwinisch — language
  • German: Tuwinische Sprache — language
  • Hungarian: tuvai — language
  • Japanese: トゥバ語 — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tuvinsk — language
  • Polish: tuwański — language
  • Portuguese: tuviniano — language
  • Portuguese: tuvano — language
  • Russian: туви́нский (tuvínskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ту̀вӣнскӣ — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: tùvīnskī — language
  • Slovak: tuvinčina — language
  • Spanish: tuvano — language
  • Swedish: Tuvinska — language
  • Tofa: чооды дыл (çoodı dıl) — language
  • Turkish: Tuvaca — language
  • Turkish: Tuva dili — language
  • Turkish: Tuva Türkçesi — language
  • Tuvan: тыва дыл (tıva dıl) — language
  • Catalan: tuvinià — person
  • Catalan: tuva — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖瓦人 /图瓦人 (Túwǎ rén) — person
  • Czech: Tuvinec — person
  • Czech: Tuvinci — person
  • Dutch: Toevaan — person
  • German: Tuwiner — person
  • German: Tuwinerin — person
  • Hungarian: tuvai — person
  • Japanese: トゥバ人 — person
  • Polish: Tuwańczyk — person
  • Polish: Tuwanka — person
  • Russian: туви́нец (tuvínec) — person
  • Russian: туви́нка (tuvínka) — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Туви́нац — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ту̀вӣнка — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tuvínac — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tùvīnka — person
  • Slovak: Tuvinec — person
  • Slovak: Tuvinci — person
  • Spanish: tuvano — person
  • Spanish: tuvana — person
  • Swedish: tuviner — person
  • Tofa: чооды (çoodı) — person
  • Turkish: Tuva — person
  • Tuvan: тыва кижи (tıva kiji) — person
Real reading context

Tuvan in complete knowledge articles