کرن

کرن (plural کرن-کرن or کرن٢)

1. Jawi spelling of keran.‎

کرن (kirn)

1. Arabic spelling of kirin (“to do, to make; to marry”)

کرن • (koron)

1. (music, especially Iranian traditional music) koron, a symbol used to lower a note by an interval smaller than a semitone and broadly corresponding to a quarter tone. It is used to show an effect on pitch in a similar way to a sharp or a flat.

   سی کرن ― si koron ― B lowered by an interval broadly corresponding to a quarter tone

   لا کرن ― lâ koron ― A lowered by an interval broadly corresponding to a quarter tone

   نت‌های کرن ― not-hâ-ye koron ― notes lowered by an interval broadly corresponding to a quarter-tone in Iranian traditional music

کرن • (koran)

1. alternative form of کرند (korand)

Borrowed from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa). First attested in c. 1518 as Middle Hindi کرن (krn /⁠kiran⁠/).^[1]

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.ɾən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: کِ‧رَن

کِرَن • (kiran) f (Hindi spelling किरण)

1. ray, beam (of light, of the sun or moon etc.)

   Synonym: شُعاع (śuʻā‘)

2. tasselled lace (of silver, gold etc.)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi کرن (krn /⁠karan⁠/).^[2]

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.ɾən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: کَ‧رَن

کَرَن • (karan) m (Hindi spelling कर्ण) (obsolete or India)

1. (anatomy) the ear

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit करण (karaṇa). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi کرن (krn /⁠karan⁠/).^[3]

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.ɾən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: کَ‧رَن

کَرَن • (karan) m (Hindi spelling करण) (chiefly India)

1. making, doing
2. committing (a crime)
3. causing; producing

• “کرن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “کرن”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]