ویران

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ویران (virân, ruined; desolate).

Adjective

ویران (viran)

  1. ruined, devasted, desolated
    Synonyms: خراب (harab), یباب (yebab), ییقق (yıkık)
  2. (of a building) abandoned, deserted

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: viran
  • Macedonian: фиран (firan)
  • Romanian: viran

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (ʾwylʾn' /⁠awērān⁠/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭉𐭓𐭍 (ʾwyrn, ruin, destruction) and akin to Old Armenian աւեր (awer), աւերանք (awerankʻ), աւերակ (awerak).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wērān, wayrān, wīrān
Dari reading? wayrān
Iranian reading? virân
Tajik reading? vayron

Adjective

Dari ویران
Iranian Persian
Tajik вайрон

ویران (virân)

  1. ruined
    • 1210–1292, Saadi Shirazi, Gulistan, chapter 6, story 1; Persian proverb:
      خانه از پای بند ویران است
      خواجه در بند نقش ایوان است
      xāna az pāy-band wayrān ast
      xwāja dar band-i naqš-i aywān ast
      The house is ruined from the foundation
      Khajah is bounded by the design on the iwan
  2. desolate
  3. gloomy

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւեր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 359–360
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 48b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 112, 511
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 14

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ویران (wīrān).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ویران (vīrān) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੀਰਾਨ)

  1. ruin
  2. desolation

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ویران (wīrān).

Pronunciation

Adjective

وِیران (vīrān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling वीरान)

  1. deserted, desolate
  2. (figurative) gloomy

References

  • ویران”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ویران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.