ران

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See also: ڕان, ژان, and زان

Arabic

Root
ر ي ن (r y n)
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

رَانَ (rāna) I, non-past يَرِينُ‎ (yarīnu)

  1. to take possession of
  2. to seize, to overcome (someone, said of passion)

Conjugation

References

Laki

Noun

ران (ran)

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Persian

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Alternative forms

  • رون (run) (colloquial Iranian)

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? rān
Dari reading? rān
Iranian reading? rân
Tajik reading? ron

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian (lʾn' /⁠rān⁠/, thigh), from Proto-Iranian *hrā́nah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s.

Noun

Dari ران
Iranian Persian
Tajik рон

ران (rân) (plural ران‌ها (rân-hâ))

  1. thigh
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:
      ستبرست بازوت چون ران شیر
      برو یال چون اژدهای دلیر
      sitabr ast bāzū-t čūn rān-e šēr
      bar u yāl čūn aždahā-yi dalēr
      Your upper arm is stout like the lion's thigh,
      Your chest and mane like a valiant dragon.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
Descendants
  • Bengali: রান (ran)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रान (rān)
    Urdu: ران (rān)

Etymology 2

Verb

ران (rân)

  1. present stem form of راندن (rândan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ران (rān).

Pronunciation

Noun

ران (rānf (Hindi spelling रान)

  1. thigh