خاوران

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwlwlʾn' /⁠xwarwarān⁠/, “sunset, west”). The "graveyard for victims of political execution" sense is from Khavaran cemetery, the unmarked cemetery in the capital of Tehran, located in the Khavaran district.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaː.wa.ˈraːn/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.wä.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.wä.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.wä.ɾɔ́ːn]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	xāwarān
Dari reading?	xāwarān
Iranian reading?	xâvarân
Tajik reading?	xovaron

Noun

خاوران • (xâvarân) (plural خاوران‌ها)

1. synonym of خاور (xâvar)
2. (Iran) unmarked graveyard for victims of political purges during the 1980s

Proper noun

خاوران • (xâvarân)

1. a district of Tehran, Iran