garan

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See also: går an

Cornish

Noun

garan f (plural garanes)

  1. crane (bird)

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

garan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がらん

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh garan (“heron, crane”), from Proto-Brythonic *garan, from Proto-Celtic *garanos (“crane”).[1]

Noun

garan m or f (plural garanod)

  1. crane, bird of the family Gruidae[2]
    Synonym: aderyn garhir
  2. heron (Ardeidae)[3]
    Synonyms: crëyr, crychydd
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of garan
radical soft nasal aspirate
garan aran ngaran unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

garan

  1. Soft mutation of caran.

Mutation

Mutated forms of caran
radical soft nasal aspirate
caran garan ngharan charan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 22
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “garan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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