单词 | kurgan |
释义 | kurgan /koor gahn", -gan"/, n. a circular burial mound constructed over a pit grave and often containing grave vessels, weapons, and the bodies of horses as well as a single human body; originally in use in the Russian Steppes but later spreading into eastern, central, and northern Europe in the third millennium B.C. [1885-90; < Russ kurgán burial mound, ORuss, appar. to be identified with kurganu fortress < Turkic; cf. Turkish, Tatar kurgan, Chagatai, Kazakh korgan fortress, castle] |
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