airan

See also: aíran and àirǎn

English

Alternative forms

ayran

Etymology

From a Turkic source, probably from Ottoman Turkish آیران (hence Turkish ayran).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɹɑn/
enPR: ī-ˈrän

Noun

airan (uncountable)

A Turkish cold drink made from yoghurt and water with salt and sometimes herbs.

Translations

a Turkish yoghurt drink

Arabic: عَيْرَان (ʕayrān), شِنِينَة (šinīna)
Armenian: այրան (hy) (ayran)
Azerbaijani: ayran (az)
Bashkir: айран (ayran)
Belarusian: айра́н m (ajrán)
Bulgarian: айря́н (bg) m (ajrján), айра́н (bg) (ajrán)
Esperanto: ajrano
Georgian: აირანი (ka) (airani)
German: Ayran (de) m or n
Greek: αριάνι (el) (ariáni), αϊράνι (el) (aïráni)
Indonesian: airan
Ingrian: airana
Kazakh: айран (airan), шалап (şalap)
Khakas: айран (ayran)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دۆ (do)

Northern Kurdish: dew (ku), çeqilmast (ku)
Kyrgyz: чалап (ky) (calap)
Macedonian: ајран (ajran)
Nogai: айран (ayran)
Ottoman Turkish: آیران (ayran)
Persian: دوغ (fa) (duġ), آیران (âyrân)
Polish: ajran (pl) m
Portuguese: ayran m
Russian: айра́н (ru) m (ajrán)
Southern Altai: айран (ayran)
Spanish: ayran (es) m
Tajik: айрон (ayron), дӯғ (düġ)
Tatar: әйрән (tt) (äyrän)
Tsakhur: аӏйран (aˤjran)
Turkish: ayran (tr)
Ukrainian: айра́н m (ajrán)
Uyghur: ئايران (ayran)
Uzbek: ayron (uz), çalop

See also

doogh
tan

References

^ "airan." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

Anagrams

-arian, Arian, Iraan, Raina, Riaan, aiRNA, airna, naira

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish ayran, from Ottoman Turkish آیران, from Proto-Turkic *ayran.

Noun

airan (plural airan-airan)

(cooking) airan: a Turkish cold drink made from yoghurt and water with salt and sometimes herbs

Further reading

“airan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016