Central Kurdish

Noun

باران ‎(baran)

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian باران ‎(bârân).

Noun

باران • ‎(bârân)

1. rain

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *waHr- ‎(“water; rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- ‎(“water”). Indo-Iranian cognates include Persian باران ‎(bârân), Sanskrit वार् ‎(vār, “water”), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 ‎(vāra, “rain”) and Ossetian уарын ‎(waryn, “rain”). Other Indo-European cognates include Luvian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 ‎(wār, “water”), Old Norse vari ‎(“liquid, water”) and Latin ūrīnor ‎(“to dive”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

باران • ‎(bârân) m

1. rain

Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

• بارون ‎(bârun)

Etymology

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

Indo-Iranian cognates include Sanskrit वार् ‎(vār, “water”), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 ‎(vāra, “rain”) and Ossetian уарын ‎(waryn, “rain”). Other Indo-European cognates include Luvian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 ‎(wār, “water”), Old Norse vari ‎(“liquid, water”) and Latin ūrīnor ‎(“to dive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːˈɾɒːn/
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [bɑːˈɾuːn]

Noun

باران • ‎(bârân)

1. rain

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Hindustani:
  • Urdu: باران ‎(bārān)
• Ottoman Turkish: باران ‎(bârân)

Proper noun

باران • ‎(Bârân)

1. A female given name, Baran