haran

See also: Haran, harán, and härän

Basque

Etymology

First attested in 828, from Proto-Basque *(h)araN.

Linguists abiding by the Vasconic substrate hypothesis like Theo Vennemann have tenuously connected the term to a number of placenames in Europe, like Arundel, England.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /haɾan/ [ha.ɾãn]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /aɾan/ [a.ɾãn]
• Rhymes: -aɾan, -an
• Hyphenation: ha‧ran

Noun

haran inan

1. valley

   Synonyms: ibar, naba

2. district, comarca

Declension

Declension of haran (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	haran	harana	haranak	haranok
ergative	haranek	haranak	haranek	haranok
dative	harani	haranari	haranei	haranoi
genitive	haranen	haranaren	haranen	haranon
comitative	haranekin	haranarekin	haranekin	haranokin
causative	haranengatik	haranarengatik	haranengatik	haranongatik
benefactive	haranentzat	haranarentzat	haranentzat	haranontzat
instrumental	haranez	haranaz	haranez	haranotaz
innesive	haranetan	haranean	haranetan	haranotan
locative	haranetako	haraneko	haranetako	haranotako
allative	haranetara	haranera	haranetara	haranotara
terminative	haranetaraino	haraneraino	haranetaraino	haranotaraino
directive	haranetarantz	haranerantz	haranetarantz	haranotarantz
destinative	haranetarako	haranerako	haranetarako	haranotarako
ablative	haranetatik	haranetik	haranetatik	haranotatik
partitive	haranik	—	—	—
prolative	harantzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• haran-beltz (“plum”)
• Harana
• negarrezko haran (“vale of tears”)

Further reading

• “haran”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “haran”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Finnish

Noun

haran

1. genitive singular of hara

Anagrams

• rahan, rahna

Japanese

Romanization

haran

1. Rōmaji transcription of はらん

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːˈɾɑːn/

Verb

haran (Arabic spelling ھاران) (intransitive)

1. alternative form of arîn

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “haran”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 292

Old English

Noun

haran

1. inflection of hara:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural