گران

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See also: گراں

Baluchi

Adjective

گران • (giran)

  1. heavy

See also

Central Kurdish

Adjective

گران (gran)

  1. heavy

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian glʾn' (garān, “heavy”), from Proto-Iranian *grā-na- (“heavy”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).[1] Cognate to Latin gravis (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? garān
Dari reading? garān
Iranian reading? gerân
Tajik reading? garon

Adjective

Dari گران
Iranian Persian
Tajik гарон

گران • (gerân) (comparative گران‌تَر (gerân-tar), superlative گران‌تَرین (gerân-tarin))

  1. expensive
    Antonym: ارزان (arzân, “cheap”)
    این بسیار گران است. (more formal) ― in besyâr gerân ast. ― This is too expensive.
    این خیلی گرونه. (more colloquial) ― in xeyli gerun-e. ― This is too expensive.
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎:
      یک سال آب نیل وفا نکرد و غله گران شد.
      yak sāl āb-i nīl wafā na-kard u ğalla garān šud.
      One year, the waters of the Nile did not rise and grain became expensive.
  2. (archaic or poetic) heavy
    Synonyms: سنگین (sangin), گرنگ (girang) (Dari)
    • 1964, Rahi Mo'ayyeri, غزلها - جلد سوم‎:
      زندگی بر دوش ما بار گرانی بیش نیست
      عمر جاویدان عذاب جاودانی بیش نیست
      zendegi bar duš-e mâ bâr-e gerâni biš nist
      omr-e jâvidân ezâb-e jâvedâni biš nist
      Life on my shoulders is no more than a heavy load;
      The eternal life is no more than a torment everlasting.

Descendants

  • → Pashto:

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 181
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