haran

See also: Haran, harán, and härän

Basque

Etymology

First attested in 828, from Proto-Basque *(h)araN.

Linguists abiding by the Vasconic substrate hypothesis like Theo Vennemann have tenuously connected the term to a number of placenames in Europe, like Arundel, England.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /haɾan/ [ha.ɾãn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /aɾan/ [a.ɾãn]
• Rhymes: -aɾan
• Hyphenation: ha‧ran

Noun

haran inan

1. valley

   Synonyms: ibar, naba

2. district, comarca

Declension

Declension of haran (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	haran	harana	haranak
ergative	haranek	haranak	haranek
dative	harani	haranari	haranei
genitive	haranen	haranaren	haranen
comitative	haranekin	haranarekin	haranekin
causative	haranengatik	haranarengatik	haranengatik
benefactive	haranentzat	haranarentzat	haranentzat
instrumental	haranez	haranaz	haranez
inessive	haranetan	haranean	haranetan
locative	haranetako	haraneko	haranetako
allative	haranetara	haranera	haranetara
terminative	haranetaraino	haraneraino	haranetaraino
directive	haranetarantz	haranerantz	haranetarantz
destinative	haranetarako	haranerako	haranetarako
ablative	haranetatik	haranetik	haranetatik
partitive	haranik	—	—
prolative	harantzat	—	—

Derived terms

• haran-beltz (“plum”)
• Harana
• negarrezko haran (“vale of tears”)

 

Further reading

• “haran”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “haran”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

haran

1. genitive singular of hara

Anagrams

• rahan, rahna

Japanese

Romanization

haran

1. Rōmaji transcription of はらん

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːˈɾɑːn/

Verb

haran (Arabic spelling ھاران) (intransitive)

1. Alternative form of arîn

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “haran”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 292