Arran

== English == === Etymology 1 === Derived from Scottish Gaelic Arainn, but the name is ultimately probably of non-Indo-European (substrate) or Pictish origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Islay. Possibly from a Brythonic/Pictish term ancestral or cognate to Middle Welsh aran (“"high place"”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæɹən/ Rhymes: -æɹən Homophones: Aran, Aaron (in some pronunciations) ==== Proper noun ==== Arran Ellipsis of Isle of Arran, Scotland. A male given name transferred from the place name, of modern Scottish usage. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. Synonym of Arranmore (island in County Donegal, Ireland) A male given name from Tamil. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Derived from Middle Persian *ʾldʾn (/⁠arrān⁠/). Cognate with Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭃𐭀𐭍 (ʾrdʾn /⁠ardān⁠/). Ultimately from an unknown source, underlying also Old Armenian Աղուանք (Ałuankʻ) and Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). ==== Alternative forms ==== Aran ==== Proper noun ==== Arran (historical) In post-Islamic times, a region of eastern Transcaucasia, lying between the Rivers Kura and Araxes, in what is now the Republic of Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, corresponding to the territory of Caucasian Albania on the right bank of the River Kura which was disattached from Greater Armenia in 387 AD. In pre-Islamic times, the term was used for the whole of Caucasian Albania. ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Arran (Caucasus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bosworth, C. E. (1986), “Arrān”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York Frye, R. N. (1960), “Arrān”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, pages 660–661 === Anagrams === narra == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Arran f Arran (an island of Scotland)