Ephthalite

noun
Eph·​tha·​lite | \ ˈefthəˌlīt\
variants: or less commonly Hephthalite \ ˈhe-​ \
plural -s

Definition of Ephthalite

: a member of the western branch of the Yueh-chi-Tocharians that ruled Russian Turkestan and northwest India in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D.

called also White Hun