کران

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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