قران

Arabic

Root
ق ر ن (q r n)
12 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of قَرَنَ (qarana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.raːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

قِرَان • (qirān) m

1. verbal noun of قَرَنَ (qarana) (form I)
2. (astrology) conjunction
3. coupling, conjunction, union
4. matrimony, marriage

Declension

Declension of noun قِرَان (qirān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِرَان qirān	الْقِرَان al-qirān	قِرَان qirān
nominative	قِرَانٌ qirānun	الْقِرَانُ al-qirānu	قِرَانُ qirānu
accusative	قِرَانًا qirānan	الْقِرَانَ al-qirāna	قِرَانَ qirāna
genitive	قِرَانٍ qirānin	الْقِرَانِ al-qirāni	قِرَانِ qirāni

Descendants

• → Persian: قران (qerân)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قران (kırân)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِرَان (qirān).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪ.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɪ.ɾɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qi.ɾɔ́ːn]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	qirān
Dari reading?	qirān
Iranian reading?	ġerân
Tajik reading?	qiron

Noun

قران • (qerân)

1. (astrology) conjunction
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 174:

     گر ندیدید مه و مهر قران کرده بهم
     چشم دارید در آن عارض و غبغب نگرید

     gar na-dīdēd mah u mihr qirān karda ba-ham
     čašm dārēd dar ān āriz u ġabġab nigarēd

     If you have not seen the sun and moon in conjunction with each other,
     Cast your sight on that face and look at the double chin!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (historical) Qiran (Iranian unit of money from 1825 to 1932)

Derived terms

• صاحبقران (sâhebqerân)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “قران”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرآن (qur'ān), from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Proper noun

قُرانُ • (qurānu) m (Devanagari क़ुरानु, Khudawadi 𑊺𑋩𑋣𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣)

1. (Islam) the Qur'an

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “قُرانُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society