Tehran
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian تهران (tehrân). 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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Teh‧ran
Proper noun
Tehran
- The capital city of Iran.
- Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
- (by ellipsis) The Tehran Conference (1943).
Derived terms
Translations
capital of Iran
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See also
- (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, 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 Azerbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan (Category: en:Provinces of Iran)
Azerbaijani
Tatar
Declension
declension of Tehran
| Nominative | Tehran |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Tehrannıñ |
| Dative | Tehranga |
| Accusative | Tehrannı |
| Locative | Tehranda |
| Ablative | Tehrandan |
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