غان

Persian

Alternative forms

• قان (qân)

Etymology

The Turkic *kiān (“blood”) as in Kazakh қандыағаш (qandyağaş, “alder”). Analogously, for cornel, *kïŕïl (“red”) also sufficed alone for a dendronym in East Slavic, Russian кизи́л (kizíl), Ukrainian кизи́л (kyzýl), Belarusian кізі́л (kizíl), in spite of Turkic languages themselves only using derivations from the adjective therefor. Compare the other name of betulaceous plants هوش (huš) in Persian corresponding to Mongolian хус (xus, “birch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	ġān
Dari reading?	ġān
Iranian reading?	ġân
Tajik reading?	ġon

Noun

غان • (ġân)

1. birch (Betula gen. et spp.)