مهران

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mtrʾn (Mihrān). Compare Inscriptional Parthian mtrn (Mihrān). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian Միհրան (Mihran), Ancient Greek Μιτράνης (Mitránēs), Μιθρήνης (Mithrḗnēs), Μιθράνης (Mithránēs), Μιθρίνης (Mithrínēs), Μεεραν (Meeran), Georgian მირიან (mirian), მირვან (mirvan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mih.ˈɾɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.ɾɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɹɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɾɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	mihrān
Dari reading?	mehrān
Iranian reading?	mehrân
Tajik reading?	mehron

Proper noun

مهران • (mehrân)

1. (archaic, poetic) Indus
2. a male given name from Middle Persian, Mehran

Descendants

• → Punjabi: مہران (mehrān)
• → Sindhi: مَهَراڻُ (maharāṇu)
• → Urdu: مہران (mehrān)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Միհրան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 332—333
• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 214a