گران

See also: گراں‎

Baluchi

Adjective

گران • (giran)

heavy

See also

گراں‎ (gerá̃)
سنگین‎

Central Kurdish

Adjective

گران (gran)

heavy

Persian

Alternative forms

گرون‎ (gerun) (Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian glʾn' (garān), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate to Latin gravis (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡeɾɒːn/
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /ɡeɾuːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾɔn/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	گران
Dari	گران
Tajik	гарон (garon)

گران • (gerân), comparative گران‌تَر‎ (gerân-tar), superlative گران‌تَرین‎ (gerân-tarin)

expensive
‏‎‎ (more literary)
in xeyli gerân ast.

‏‎‎ (more colloquial)
in xeyli gerun-e.
This is too expensive.

Antonym: ارزان‎ (arzân, “cheap”)
(archaic) heavy
Synonym: سنگین‎ (sangin)

Descendants

→ Pashto:
- → Phalura: graán

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