کلان

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”). Related to Tat kələ (“great, big”) and the Armenian toponym Կաղանկատոյք (Kałankatoykʻ, literally “big habitation”). The ultimate origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	k
Dari reading?	k
Iranian reading?	k
Tajik reading?	k

Adjective

کلان • (kalân) (comparative کلان‌تَر (kalân-tar), superlative کلان‌تَرین (kalân-tarin))

1. (somewhat rare in Iran) big, huge, massive

   از خرد تا کلان

   az xord tâ kalân

   the details, the exacts, everything

   (literally, “from small to big”)

   • از خرد تا کلانش رو بهم توضیح داد

     az xord tâ kalân-eš ro behem tozih dâd.

     they explained all the details to me

Synonyms

• بزرگ (bozorg)

Derived terms

• کلانتر (kalântar)
• کلان شدن (kalân šodan)
• پدر کلان (pedar kalân)
• مادر کلان (mâdar kalân)

Descendants

• → Urdu: کلان (kalān)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “klʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 205b
• Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 349
• Oranskij, I. M. (1970) “K imeni baktrijskovo (?) voždja ΚΑΤΆΝΗΣ (IV v. do n. e.) [To the name of the Bactrian (?) chieftain ΚΑΤΆΝΗΣ (IV cent. B. C.)]”, in Palestinskij sbornik‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 21 (84), pages 155–160