airan

See also: aíran and àirǎn

English

Alternative forms

• ayran

Etymology

From a Turkic source, probably from Ottoman Turkish آیران (hence Turkish ayran).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ.ɹɑn/
• enPR: ī-ˈrän

Noun

airan (uncountable)

1. 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)
• 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) (duğ), آیران (âyrân)
• Polish: ajran (pl) m
• Portuguese: ayran m
• Russian: айра́н (ru) m (ajrán)
• Spanish: ayran (es) m
• Tajik: айрон (ayron), дӯғ (düġ)
• Tatar: әйрән (tt) (äyrän)
• Tsakhur: аӏйран
• Turkish: ayran (tr)
• Uyghur: ئايران (ayran)
• Uzbek: ayron (uz), çalop

See also

• doogh
• tan

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, first-person possessive airanku, second-person possessive airanmu, third-person possessive airannya)

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

Further reading

• “airan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.