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Boran

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A 7th-century Sasanian empress, daughter of Khusraw Parwez

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Purandukht, Turandukht

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the Borani

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the Borana

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History

Etymology

From Middle Persian.

From Latin Boranus.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُورَانْدُخْت (būrānduḵt) — Sasanian empress
  • Iranian Persian: بوران (burân) — Sasanian empress
  • Iranian Persian: پوراندُخْت (purân-doxt) — Sasanian empress
  • Iranian Persian: توراندُخْت (turân-doxt) — Sasanian empress
  • Turkish: Puranduht — Sasanian empress
  • Turkish: Turanduht — Sasanian empress
  • Ottoman Turkish: پوراندخت (puranduht) — Sasanian empress
  • Ottoman Turkish: توراندخت (turanduht) — Sasanian empress
  • Uzbek: Turonduxt — Sasanian empress
  • French: Boran — member of the Borani
  • French: Borane — member of the Borani
  • Latin: Boranus — member of the Borani