Tehran
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian تهران (Tehrân). Ahmad Kasravi believes the word "Tehran" is derived from an Indo-European language and originally meant "The Hot Place" ("Teh" or "Keh" meaning hot, "and" "Rān" meaning "Place of"). (Kārvande Kasravi, Page 273)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ɹæn/, /ˈteəɹ.ɑːn/
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Proper noun
Tehran
- The capital city of Iran.
Derived terms
Translations
capital of Iran
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See also
- (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Qom, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azarbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan
Anagrams
Tatar
Proper noun
Tehran
Declension
declension of Tehran
| Nominative | Tehran |
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| Genitive | Tehrannıñ |
| Dative | Tehranga |
| Accusative | Tehrannı |
| Locative | Tehranda |
| Ablative | Tehrandan |
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