"تهران" meaning in Persian

See تهران in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [tah.ˈɾɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [t̪ʰe̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [t̪ʰe̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [t̪ʰeɦ.ɹɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [t̪ʰeɦ.ɹɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [t̪ʰeɦ.ɹuːn] [Tehrani], [t̪ʰeɦ.ɾɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Audio: Fa-f-تهران.ogg Forms: تِهْران [canonical], tehrân [romanization]
Etymology: There are various theories pertaining to the origin of the name Tehran: * One theory is that the word "Tehran" is derived from Tiran/Tirgan, "The Abode of Tir", a Zoroastrian deity. The ancient Parthian town of Tiran was a neighbour to the town of Mehran, "The Abode of Mihr", the Zoroastrian deity of light. Both of these were mere villages in the suburbs of the great city of ری (“Ray”). * Another theory is that Tehran means "a warm place", opposed to Shemiran, a cooler district in northern Tehran. * The official City of Tehran website claims that "Tehran" comes from the Persian words ته (tah, “end, bottom”) and ران (rân, “mountain slope”, literally “bottom of the mountain slope”). Given Tehran's geographic position at the bottom of the slope of the Alborz Mountains, this appears to be the most plausible explanation of the origin of the name of the city. Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=تِهْران|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=tehrân|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} تِهْران • (tehrân), {{fa-proper noun|head=تِهْران|tr=tehrân}} تِهْران • (tehrân)
  1. Tehran (the capital city of Iran) Categories (place): Cities in Iran, National capitals, Places in Iran
    Sense id: en-تهران-fa-name-MqFH0usc Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
  2. Tehran (a province of Iran) Categories (place): Places in Iran, Provinces of Iran
    Sense id: en-تهران-fa-name-1AjpZmNv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: زورا (zowrâ), طِهْران (tehrân) [dated], تِهْرون (tehrun) [Tehrani, colloquial] Derived forms: تهرانی (tehrâni)

Alternative forms

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