"takhtrawan" meaning in All languages combined

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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taxt-e ravân",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تخت روان"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tahtırevan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Aurangzeb",
    "Richard Francis Burton"
  ],
  "word": "takhtrawan"
}