باران

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *waHr- (“water; rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (“water”). Cognate with Persian باران (bârân); see there for more.

Noun

Northern Kurdish	baran

باران (baran)

1. rain

References

• Cabolov, R. L. (2001) “bārān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152
• Kedajtene, Je. I., Mukriani, Kurdistan, Mitroxina, V. I. (1977) “дождь”, in Kedajtene Je. I., editor, Učebnyj russko-kurdskij slovarʹ, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 82
• Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “باران”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 48b

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian باران (bârân).

Noun

باران • (baran)

1. rain

Synonyms

• یاغمور (yağmur)

Descendants

• Turkish: baran (obsolete)

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Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian باران (bârân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈrɑn/
• IPA^(key): /bɑˈrom/

Noun

باران • (bârân) m

1. rain

Declension

declension of باران

	singular		plural
direct	باران (bârân)		بارانونه (bârânuna)
oblique	باران (bârân)		بارانونو (bârânuno)
vocative	بارانه (bârâna)		بارانونو (bârânuno)

References

• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “باران”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 75a

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Persian

Alternative forms

• بارون (bârun)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾlʾn' /⁠wārān⁠/) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾrʾn /⁠wārān⁠/)), compound of [script needed] (wʾl /⁠wār-⁠/) and [script needed] (-ʾn' /⁠-ān⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waHr- (“water; rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (“water”).

Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish baran, Central Kurdish باران (baran), Northern Luri بارو (bāro, “rain”), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, “rain”), Ossetian уарын (waryn, “rain”), Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water”). Other Indo-European cognates include Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 (wār, “water”), Old Norse vari (“liquid, water”) and Latin ūrīnor (“to dive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɒːˈɾɒːn/
• IPA^(key): [bɒːˈɾuːn]

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Noun

باران • (bârân)

Dari	باران
Iranian Persian
Tajik	борон

1. rain

Derived terms

• بارانی (bârâni)
• باران‌زا (bârân-zâ)
• پرباران (por-bârân)
• باران آمدن (bârân âmdan)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: baran
• → Ottoman Turkish: باران (baran)
  • Turkish: baran (obsolete)
• → Pashto: باران (bârân)

Proper noun

باران • (bârân)

1. a female given name, Baran, from Middle Persian

References

• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 278a
• Horn, Paul (1893) “bārān”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 159, page 36
• Cabolov, R. L. (2001) “bārān”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 152