Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lankaran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lankaran
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city (and district) in Azerbaijan.

Example Sentences

"In Persia, the Russians continued their operations with so much success that they gained a large portion of the shores of the Caspian Sea, and united them to the Czar's dominion, as far as Lankaran."
"The triumphant Persians also managed to recover the great fortress of Lenkoran, on the Caspian shore."

Etymology

From Persian لنکران (lankarân), from Old Median *Lan(a)karan- (“the land of the Lan”). The Lan is probably a name of a Caspian tribe. See also Old Armenian Փայտակարան (Pʻaytakaran).

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: لنکران

Inflected Forms

Lenkoran (alternative)

Questions

What does lankaran mean?: A city (and district) in Azerbaijan.
Where does lankaran come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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