ارن

See also: أرن, أزن, and ازن

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *erin (“lips”). Cognate with Khalaj ərin and Bashkir ирен (iren).

Noun

اِرِنْ (érin)

1. (anatomy) lip

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “érin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 232-233

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 77

Persian

Noun

ارن • (aran, aran)

1. the elbow, the arm