kran

[ krahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of kran¹

First recorded in 1880–85, kran is from the Persian word qirān

Song Kran is an angel who rises with the sun when he enters the sign Aries.

The values are given in thousands of kran, sixty kran equaling one pound sterling.

Well, then, pay us ten kran apiece, and you shall pass the frontier all the same.

The charge is one kran, or under exceptional circumstances two.

On the eastern slope of the Midra Kran, a cloud of dust paced a caravan, which wound up the trail, through a pass.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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