barchan

English - Turkish

Definition of barchan in English Turkish dictionary

(Coğrafya) Yarımay şeklinde hareket eden çöl kumulu

barkan

English - English

Definition of barchan in English English dictionary

An arc-shaped sand ridge comprised of well-sorted sand

The structure out here was revealed immediately—desert punctuated by oases in a geography of cruelty, barkhans or traveling sand-dunes a hundred feet high, which might or might not possess consciousness.

(Coğrafya) A crescent-shaped shifting sand dune, as found in the deserts of Turkestan

Hyphenation

bar·chan

Etymology

[ (")bär-'kän, -'[k ] (noun.) 1888. From Russian бархан, from Kazakh бархан.