غان

Persian

Alternative forms

قان‎ (qân)

Etymology

The Turkic *kiān (“blood”) as in Kazakh қандыағаш (qandyağaş, “alder”). Analogously, for cornel, *kïŕïl (“red”) also sufficed alone for a dendronym in East Slavic, Russian кизи́л (kizíl), Ukrainian кизи́л (kyzýl), Belarusian кізі́л (kizíl), in spite of Turkic languages themselves only using derivations from the adjective therefor. Compare the other name of betulaceous plants ‎ (huš) in Persian corresponding to Mongolian хус (xus, “birch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɣɔn/

Noun

غان • (ğân)

birch (Betula gen. et spp.)

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