Tehran

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian تِهران (tehrân), from Classical Persian تَهران (tahrān). Ahmad Kasravi believed the word "Tehran" is derived from an Indo-European language and originally meant "the Hot Place" ("teh" meaning "hot", and "rān" meaning "place"). (Karvand Kasravi, page 273).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ɹæn/, /ˈteəɹ.ɑːn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Teh‧ran

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. The capital city of Iran.
  2. Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
  3. (by ellipsis) The Tehran Conference (1943).
  4. (metonymically) the government of Iran

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. Alternative form of Teheran

Derived terms

  • Tehranner
  • Tehrans

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. Tehran (the capital city of Iran)
  2. Tehran (a province of Iran)

Tatar

Proper noun

Tehran

  1. Tehran (the capital city of Iran)

Declension

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