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Where does “baran” come from?

baran (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁r- — water, liquid, milk.

baran (Northern Kurdish): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “baran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáHr̥—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁r-water, liquid, milk
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