مهران

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mtrʾn (Mihrān). Compare Inscriptional Parthian mtrn (Mihrān). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian Միհրան (Mihran), Ancient Greek Μιτράνης (Mitránēs), Μιθρήνης (Mithrḗnēs), Μιθράνης (Mithránēs), Μιθρίνης (Mithrínēs), Μεεραν (Meeran), Georgian მირიან (mirian), მირვან (mirvan).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mih.ˈɾaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.ɾɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.ɾɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɹɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɾɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mihrān
Dari reading^?	mehrān
Iranian reading^?	mehrân
Tajik reading^?	mehron

Proper noun

مهران • (mehrân)

(archaic, poetic) Indus
a male given name, Mehran, from Middle Persian

Descendants

→ Punjabi: مہران (mehrān)
→ Sindhi: مَهَراڻُ (maharāṇu)
→ Urdu: مہران (mehrān)

References

Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Միհրան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 332—333
Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 214a