Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *waHr- (water; rain), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (water). Cognate with Persian باران (bârân); see there for more.

Noun edit

Northern Kurdish baran

باران (baran)

  1. rain

References edit

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001), “bārān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152
  • Kedajtene, Je. I.; Mukriani, Kurdistan; Mitroxina, V. I. (1977), “дождь”, in Kedajtene Je. I., editor, Učebnyj russko-kurdskij slovarʹ [Russian–Kurdish Learning Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 82
  • Kurdojev, K. K.; Jusupova, Z. A. (1983), “باران”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 48b

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Persian باران (bârân, rain).

Noun edit

باران (baran)

  1. rain, condensed water falling from a cloud
    Synonyms: مطر (matar), یاغمور (yağmur)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: baran (obsolete)

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Armenian պարան (paran, rope, cord; row of vines in a vineyard).

Noun edit

باران (baran)

  1. (agriculture) row of vines in a vineyard
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian باران (bârân).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

باران (bārā́nm

  1. rain

Declension edit

References edit

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “باران”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 75a

Persian edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾlʾn' /⁠wārān⁠/) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾrʾn /⁠wārān⁠/)), compound of [script needed] (wʾl /⁠wār-⁠/) and [script needed] (-ʾn' /⁠-ān⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waHr- (water; rain), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (water).

Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish baran, Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, rain), and Sanskrit वार् (vār, water). Other Indo-European cognates include Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 (wār, water), Old Norse vari (liquid, water) and Latin ūrīnor (to dive).

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? bārān
Dari reading? bārān
Iranian reading? bârân
Tajik reading? boron
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Noun edit

باران (bârân)

Dari باران
Iranian Persian
Tajik борон
  1. rain
    باران کلاهش را تر کرده.
    bârân kolâh-aš râ tar karde.
    The rain has wet his hat.
    • c. 1650, Mīrzā Abū Ṭālib Kalīm, دیوان [Dīvān]:
      منت باران به کشت آرزویش می‌دهد
      غمزه‌ات گر خسته‌ای را تیرباران کرده است
      minnat-i bârân ba kišt-i ârzû-yaš mê-nihad
      ğamza-at gar xasta-ê râ tîrbârân karda ast
      Your teasing wink fulfills the duty of rain for the field of [my heart’s] desire
      Though it has rained [only] a shower of arrows into a wounded [heart].

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Verb edit

باران (bârân)

  1. present participle of باریدن (bâridan, to rain)

Proper noun edit

باران (bârân)

  1. a female given name, Baran, from Middle Persian

References edit

  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 278a
  • Horn, Paul (1893), “bārān”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 159, page 36
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001), “bārān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 406-7
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-5