# ქურანი
## Georgian
### Alternative forms

* ქურანა (kurana)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کرن(د) (koran(d), “dun-coloured horse”) or a Turkic cognate of it. See the Persian entry for more.

### Adjective

ქურანი • (kurani) (comparative უფრო ქურანი, superlative ყველაზე ქურანი)
* chestnut (colour), bay, maroon
    Synonym: წაბლისფერი (c̣ablisperi)

#### Declension
### Noun

ქურანი • (kurani) (plural ქურნები)
* bay (horse of chestnut colour)
* (Tbilisi) two-year-old horse
* (Kiziqi) foal up to three years old

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### Derived terms

* ქურანა (kurana)

#### Descendants

* → Bats: ქურაჼ (kurã)
* → Mingrelian: ქურანი (kurani)

### References

* ↑ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 328, page 464

### Further reading

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ქურანი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ქურანა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 193a
* Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ქურანი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎, prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 231
* Meckelein, Richard (1928) “ქურანი”, in Georgisch-deutsches Wörterbuch‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 504
* Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ქურანი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎, Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 376b

## Mingrelian
### Etymology 1

Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

ქურანი • (kurani)
* (obsolete) Persia
    Synonyms: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti), ირანი (irani)

#### Further reading

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ქურანი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1540
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ქურანი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 346b
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Georgian ქურანი (kurani). See it for more.

#### Noun

ქურანი • (kurani) (plural ქურანეფი)
* (dated) bay (horse of chestnut colour)

#### Further reading

* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ქურანი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN