See also: ڕان, ژان, and زان

Arabic

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Root
ر ي ن (r y n)
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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رَانَ (rāna) I (non-past يَرِينُ (yarīnu), verbal noun رَيْن (rayn))

  1. to take possession of [with عَلَى (ʕalā) or بِ (bi) or accusative ‘something’]
  2. to seize, to overcome [with عَلَى (ʕalā) or بِ (bi) or accusative ‘someone’] (of passion or other intense emotion)
  3. to prevail [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘somewhere’] (e.g. of silence)

Conjugation

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Laki

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Noun

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ران (ran)

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Persian

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Alternative forms

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  • رون (run) (colloquial Iranian)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? rān
Dari reading? rān
Iranian reading? rân
Tajik reading? ron

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (lʾn' /⁠rān⁠/, thigh), from Proto-Iranian *hrā́nah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *srā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *srḗn-s.

Noun

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Dari ران
Iranian Persian
Tajik рон

ران (rân) (plural ران‌ها (rân-hâ))

  1. thigh
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[2]:
      ستبرست بازوت چون ران شیر
      برو یال چون اژدهای دلیر
      sitabr ast bāzū-t čūn rān-e šēr
      bar u yāl čūn aždahā-yi dalēr
      Your upper arm is stout like the lion's thigh,
      Your chest and mane like a valiant dragon.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
Descendants
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  • Bengali: রান (ran)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: रान (rān)
    Urdu: ران (rān)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ران (rân)

  1. present stem form of راندن (rândan)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ران (rān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ران (rānf (Hindi spelling रान)

  1. thigh