Editing Turan (section)

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[[File:Poster Turandot.jpg|thumb|Poster of the opera by [[Giacomo Puccini]], ''[[Turandot]]'' (1926)]]
''Turandot'' – or ''Turandokht'' – is a female name in Iran and it means ''"Turan's Daughter"'' in [[Persian language|Persian]] (it is best known in the West through [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s famous opera ''[[Turandot]]'' (1921–24)).

[[Turan (name)|Turan]] is also a common name in the [[Middle East]], and as family surnames in some countries including [[Bahrain]], Iran, [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] and [[Turkey]].

The [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] ruler [[Saladin]] had an older brother with the name [[Turan-Shah]].

Turaj, whom ancient Iranian myths depict as the ancestor of the Turanians, is also a popular name and means ''Son of Darkness''. The name Turan according to Iranian myths derives from the homeland of Turaj. The Pahlavi pronunciation of Turaj is Tuzh, according to the Dehkhoda dictionary. Similarly, [[Iraj]], which is also a popular name, is the brother of Turaj in the ''Shahnameh''. An altered version of Turaj is ''Zaraj'', which means ''son of gold''.