Central Kurdish edit

Verb edit

کران (kran)

  1. passive form of کردن (kirdin)
  2. to be done, to be made

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from کران (verb)

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klʾn' /⁠karān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *karana- (edge, border, limit), probably a nominal derivative of either Proto-Iranian *kar- (to draw a line, furrow) or Proto-Iranian *kar- (to cut, carve). The former *kar- is from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move, revolve), and the latter from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend). Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥 (karan, border, edge), Ancient Greek κορωνός (korōnós, curved, crooked), and کِنار (kenâr, side), a metathesized form.[1]

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? karān
Dari reading? karān
Iranian reading? karân
Tajik reading? karon

Noun edit

کران (karân)

  1. border, edge, bound, boundary

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 286