خرن

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ- (“fresh, tender”).[1]

Adjective

خَرُّن (xarrun)

  1. green
  2. blue

Derived terms

  • خَرُّنِی (xarrunī, “greenness; wife”)
  • خَرُّمین (xarrumen, “parched green wheat”)
Colors in Brahui · رَنْگ (raṅg) (layout · text)
     پِیہُن (pīhun)      کَمَاش (kamāś)      کَرِی (karī), مَہون (mahon), مون (mon)
             خِیسُن (xīsun)              بور (bor)              پُوشْکُن (pūśkun)
                          خَرُّن (xarrun)             
                                       خَرُّن (xarrun)
                                      

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “2149”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “kharrun”, in The Brahui Language‎[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 181
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “xarrun”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 732
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