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ثِيران

Etymology 1

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Transliteration of Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran).

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Noun

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ثِيرَان (ṯīrānm

  1. (obsolete, uncommon) apricot
    Synonym: مِشْمِش (mišmiš)
    • c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān[1]:
      وَلَهُمُ ٱلثِّيرَانُ ٱلْأَرْمِينِيَّةُ، وَٱلشَّاهْ بَلُّوطُ، وَٱلْخَلَنْجُ ٱلْكَثِيرُ، وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ عَجَائِبَ.
      walahumu ṯ-ṯīrānu l-ʔarmīniyyatu, waš-šāh ballūṭu, wal-ḵalanju l-kaṯīru, wayattaḵiḏūna minhu ʕajāʔiba.
      And they have Armenian apricot, chestnut, and much heather, and they obtain miracles from it.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ثِيرَان (ṯīrānm pl

  1. plural of ثَوْر (ṯawr)

Hijazi Arabic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θiː.raːn/, /tiː.raːn/

Noun

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ثيران (tīrān or ṯīrānpl

  1. plural of ثور (tōr)