# pirana
## English
### Noun

pirana (plural piranas)
* Alternative form of piranha

### Anagrams

* Parian

## Finnish
### Etymology

Possibly derived from Russian пир (pir, “feast”). Dialectal variants include pirona, pirena, pirama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpirɑnɑ/, [ˈpirɑ̝nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -irɑnɑ
* Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧na

### Noun

pirana
* a certain Karelian thick porridge or porridge-like soup made of grain, legumes, beans and some other ingredients, such as meat and/or rutabaga

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pirana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piranani
piranani
accusative
nom.
piranani
piranani
gen.
piranani
genitive
piranani
piranojeni piranaini $^{rare}$
partitive
piranaani
piranojani
inessive
piranassani
piranoissani
elative
piranastani
piranoistani
illative
piranaani
piranoihini
adessive
piranallani
piranoillani
ablative
piranaltani
piranoiltani
allative
piranalleni
piranoilleni
essive
pirananani
piranoinani
translative
piranakseni
piranoikseni
abessive
piranattani
piranoittani
instructive
comitative
—piranoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piranasi
piranasi
accusative
nom.
piranasi
piranasi
gen.
piranasi
genitive
piranasi
piranojesi piranaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
piranaasi
piranojasi
inessive
piranassasi
piranoissasi
elative
piranastasi
piranoistasi
illative
piranaasi
piranoihisi
adessive
piranallasi
piranoillasi
ablative
piranaltasi
piranoiltasi
allative
piranallesi
piranoillesi
essive
pirananasi
piranoinasi
translative
piranaksesi
piranoiksesi
abessive
piranattasi
piranoittasi
instructive
comitative
—piranoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piranamme
piranamme
accusative
nom.
piranamme
piranamme
gen.
piranamme
genitive
piranamme
piranojemme piranaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
piranaamme
piranojamme
inessive
piranassamme
piranoissamme
elative
piranastamme
piranoistamme
illative
piranaamme
piranoihimme
adessive
piranallamme
piranoillamme
ablative
piranaltamme
piranoiltamme
allative
piranallemme
piranoillemme
essive
pirananamme
piranoinamme
translative
piranaksemme
piranoiksemme
abessive
piranattamme
piranoittamme
instructive
comitative
—piranoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pirananne
pirananne
accusative
nom.
pirananne
pirananne
gen.
pirananne
genitive
pirananne
piranojenne piranainne $^{rare}$
partitive
piranaanne
piranojanne
inessive
piranassanne
piranoissanne
elative
piranastanne
piranoistanne
illative
piranaanne
piranoihinne
adessive
piranallanne
piranoillanne
ablative
piranaltanne
piranoiltanne
allative
piranallenne
piranoillenne
essive
piranananne
piranoinanne
translative
piranaksenne
piranoiksenne
abessive
piranattanne
piranoittanne
instructive
comitative
—piranoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
piranansa
piranansa
accusative
nom.
piranansa
piranansa
gen.
piranansa
genitive
piranansa
piranojensa piranainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
piranaansa
piranojaan piranojansa
inessive
piranassaan piranassansa
piranoissaan piranoissansa
elative
piranastaan piranastansa
piranoistaan piranoistansa
illative
piranaansa
piranoihinsa
adessive
piranallaan piranallansa
piranoillaan piranoillansa
ablative
piranaltaan piranaltansa
piranoiltaan piranoiltansa
allative
piranalleen piranallensa
piranoilleen piranoillensa
essive
pirananaan pirananansa
piranoinaan piranoinansa
translative
piranakseen piranaksensa
piranoikseen piranoiksensa
abessive
piranattaan piranattansa
piranoittaan piranoittansa
instructive
comitative
—piranoineen piranoinensa :

### Anagrams

* arpina, parani, parina, raipan, rapina, ripaan, ripana

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* piranha

### Etymology

Borrowed from English piranha.

### Noun

pirana (Jawi spelling ڤيران, plural pirana-pirana, informal 1st possessive piranaku, 2nd possessive piranamu, 3rd possessive pirananya)
* piranha

### Further reading

* “pirana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French piranha, from Portuguese piranha, from Old Tupi.

### Noun

pirana (definite accusative piranayı, plural piranalar)
* piranha (South American fish)