garan

garan

Cornish

Noun

garan f (plural garanes)

1. crane (bird)

Derived terms

• kelyon garan

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Japanese

Romanization

garan

1. Rōmaji transcription of がらん

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaran/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːran/, /ˈɡaran/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh garan (“heron, crane”), from Proto-Brythonic *garan, from Proto-Celtic *garanos (“crane”).[1]

Noun

garan m or f by sense (plural garanod)

1. crane (bird)
2. heron

Derived terms

• aran Manshwria (“red-crowned crane”)
• garan glas (“blue crane”)
• garan gyddfddu (“black-necked crane”)
• garan coronog (“black crowned crane”)
• garan cycyllog (“hooded crane”)
• garan mursenaidd (“demoiselle crane”)
• garan tagellog (“wattled crane”)
• garan twyni (“sandhill crane”)
• garan ubanol (“whooping crane”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
garan	aran	ngaran	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

garan

1. Soft mutation of caran.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caran	garan	ngharan	charan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “garan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN