# aran
## Bakumpai
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

### Noun

aran
* name

## Basque
### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *araN, further origin uncertain. Some compare this word to Aragonese arañón, Catalan aranyó, Spanish arándano, all of which presuppose an unattested Vulgar Latin *agraniō. Others see a Celtic origin behind this term: compare Irish airne, Welsh eirin, both from Proto-Celtic *agrinyā.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /aɾan/ [a.ɾãn]
* Rhymes: -aɾan, -an
* Hyphenation: a‧ran

### Noun

aran inan
* plum (fruit)

#### Usage notes

Not to be confused with haran.

#### Derived terms

* aranbeltz
* arangorri
* aranondo

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: arán

### References

* “aran”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
* “aran”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “aran” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

aran
* stable
    Synonym: dam

#### Declension
### References

* “aran”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Cuyunon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

### Noun

aran
* name

## Finnish
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

aran
* genitive singular of arka

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

aran
* genitive singular of ara

## Javanese
### Romanization

aran
* Romanization of ꦲꦫꦤ꧀

## Linngithigh
### Noun

aran
* head

#### Derived terms

* aran owrae'

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

### Noun

aran
* name

## Middle English
### Noun

aran
* Alternative form of arayne

## Nauruan
### Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *raani, from Proto-Micronesian *raani, from Proto-Oceanic *raqani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqani, from Proto-Austronesian *daqaNi.

### Noun

aran
* day

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈɾɑːn/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

aran f (Arabic spelling ئاران) (geography)
* desert, wilderness; a place with a hot, dry climate
* valley
* meadow, pasture

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aran (Arabic spelling ئاران) (intransitive)
* Alternative form of arîn

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aran I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 11
* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aran II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 11

## Ratagnon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

### Noun

aran
* name

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish arán, from Proto-Celtic *aragnos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɾan/
* (Lewis) IPA: [ˈa˧˥.ɾan˥˩]
* Hyphenation: ar‧an
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

aran m (genitive singular arain, no plural)
* bread, loaf
    aran làthail ― daily bread
* livelihood, sustenance
    a tha cumail t'arain riut ― who gives you your livelihood
    Cha bhi thu gun aran. ― You shall not want a livelihood.

#### Derived terms

* aran-donn (“brown bread”)
* aran milis (“pastry”)

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “aran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

## Spanish
### Verb

aran
* third-person plural present indicative of arar

## Tatar
### Noun

aran
* Latin spelling of аран (aran, “a shed”)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈaran/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈa(ː)ran/

### Noun

aran
* Soft mutation of garan.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ɾã́/

### Noun

àrán
* velvet

### Adjective

àrán
* of or resembling velvet

#### Derived terms

* ẹja aláràn-án (“mackerel”)