ترانه

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”), as songs pass through air. Compare Northern Kurdish terrane (“joke, fun”), following a different route of sense development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾɑː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarāna
Dari reading?	tarāna
Iranian reading?	tarâne
Tajik reading?	tarona

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Noun

Dari	ترانه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тарона

ترانه • (tarâne) (plural ترانه‌ها (tarâne-hâ))

1. song

   Synonym: آهنگ (âhang)

2. (poetry) rubai

Descendants

• → Bengali: তরানা (torana)
• → Gujarati: તરાનો (tarāno)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तराना (tarānā)

  Urdu: ترانہ (tarāna)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ترانه (terane)
  • Turkish: terane

Proper noun

ترانه • (tarâne)

1. a female given name, Taraneh

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ترانه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press