jaran

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یاران (yâran), from Classical Persian یاران (yārān).

Noun

jarán m (plural jaránë, definite jaráni, definite plural jaránët) (dated, regional)

1. beau, lover

   Synonyms: dashnor, dashur

2. close friend

   Synonyms: mik, shok, dashamir

Declension

Declension of jaran

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jaran	jarani	jaranë	jaranët
accusative		jaranin
dative	jarani	jaranit	jaranëve	jaranëve
ablative			jaranësh

Derived terms

• jarane, jaraneshë
• jarani
• jaranisht

Further reading

• “jaran”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “jaran”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese jaran.

Noun

jaran (Balinese script ᬚᬭᬦ᭄)

1. horse

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaran/
• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: ja‧ran

Adjective

jaran

1. accusative singular of jara

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaran/ [ˈd͡ʒa.ran]
• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: ja‧ran

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦗꦫꦤ꧀ (jaran), from Old Javanese jaran.

Noun

jaran (plural jaran-jaran)

1. (dialect) horse

   Synonym: kuda

Derived terms

• jaranan

• jaran bodag
• jaran goyang
• jaran joget
• jaran kencak
• jaran kepang
• jaran manten
• jaran slining

Etymology 2

From Javanese [Term?].

Noun

jaran (plural jaran-jaran)

1. the pungent smelling teak tree

Further reading

• “jaran”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

jaran

1. romanization of ꦗꦫꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Kawi
Javanese	ꦗꦫꦤ꧀
Balinese	ᬚᬭᬦ᭄
Roman	jaran

Etymology

Back-formation from ajaran (“horse”, literally “something taught”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaran/

Noun

jaran

1. horse

   Synonyms: ajaran, ajar-ajaran, aśwa, ghoṭaka, haya, hayah, jaran, kuda, tuṅgaṅan, turaga, turaṅga, turaṅgama, uṇḍakan, wāhana, wāji

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦫꦤ꧀ (jaran)
  • → Indonesian: jaran (“horse”)
• → Balinese: jaran

Further reading

• "jaran" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse

Noun

jaran

1. nominative singular definite of jara

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian جوره (jure).

Noun

jàrān m anim (Cyrillic spelling ја̀ра̄н)

1. (Bosnia) buddy, pal

Declension

Declension of jaran

	singular	plural
nominative	jàrān	jaráni
genitive	jarána	jaránā
dative	jaránu	jaránima
accusative	jarána	jaráne
vocative	jȁrāne	jȁrāni
locative	jaránu	jaránima
instrumental	jaránom	jaránima

Derived terms

• • Jaránović

Further reading

• “jaran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

jaran

1. definite singular of jara