"کلان" meaning in Persian

See کلان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ka.ˈlɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [kʰä.lɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [kʰä.lɑ́ːn] [Dari, formal], [kʰä.lɑ́ːn] [Kabuli], [kʰä.lɔ́ːn] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːn] [Iran, formal], [kʰä.lɔ́n] [Tajik, formal] Forms: kalân [romanization], کلانتَر [comparative], کلانتَرین [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”). Related to Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”), کەڵە (kelle, “stud; male; male farm animal”) (as in کەڵەشێر (kelleşêr, “rooster”), کەڵەگا (kellega, “stud”)), Tat kələ (“great, big”) and the Armenian toponym Կաղանկատոյք (Kałankatoykʻ, literally “big habitation”). The ultimate origin is uncertain. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|xpr|𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗|sc=Mani|t=great, big; pure|ts=kalān}} Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”), {{cog|ckb|کەڵان|t=big, great, giant}} Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”), {{cog|ttt|kələ|t=great, big}} Tat kələ (“great, big”), {{unc|fa|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=kalân}} کلان • (kalân) (comparative کلانتَر (kalân-tar), superlative کلانتَرین (kalân-tarin))
  1. big, huge, massive Tags: Dari
    Sense id: en-کلان-fa-adj-yagZPLtR
  2. elder, older Tags: Dari
    Sense id: en-کلان-fa-adj-iNNyF2B5 Categories (other): Dari, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dari: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: کلون (Herati) [dialectal] Derived forms: مادر کلان (mâdar-i kalân) [Dari], پدر کلان (padar-i kalân) [Dari], کلان شدن (kalân šodan) (english: to grow up), کلانتر (kalântar) (english: sheriff), کلانشهر (kalân-šahr) (english: metropolis)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mâdar-i kalân",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "مادر کلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "padar-i kalân",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "پدر کلان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to grow up",
      "roman": "kalân šodan",
      "word": "کلان شدن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sheriff",
      "roman": "kalântar",
      "word": "کلانتر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "metropolis",
      "roman": "kalân-šahr",
      "word": "کلانشهر"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kalan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kalan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: kalan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "کلاں",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kalā̃"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: کلاں (kalā̃)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: کلاں (kalā̃)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xpr",
        "3": "𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "great, big; pure",
        "ts": "kalān"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "کەڵان",
        "t": "big, great, giant"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ttt",
        "2": "kələ",
        "t": "great, big"
      },
      "expansion": "Tat kələ (“great, big”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”). Related to Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”), کەڵە (kelle, “stud; male; male farm animal”) (as in کەڵەشێر (kelleşêr, “rooster”), کەڵەگا (kellega, “stud”)), Tat kələ (“great, big”) and the Armenian toponym Կաղանկատոյք (Kałankatoykʻ, literally “big habitation”). The ultimate origin is uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kalân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کلانتَر",
      "roman": "kalân-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کلانتَرین",
      "roman": "kalân-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "kalân"
      },
      "expansion": "کلان • (kalân) (comparative کلانتَر (kalân-tar), superlative کلانتَرین (kalân-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the details, the exacts, everything\n(literally, “from small to big”)",
          "ref": "از خرد تا کلان (Dari)",
          "text": "az xurd tā kalān"
        },
        {
          "english": "they explained all the details to me",
          "ref": "از خرد تا کلانش رو بهم توضیح داد (Iranian Persian)",
          "text": "az xord tâ kalâneš ro behem towzih dâd"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "big, huge, massive"
      ],
      "id": "en-کلان-fa-adj-yagZPLtR",
      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dari",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder, older"
      ],
      "id": "en-کلان-fa-adj-iNNyF2B5",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.ˈlɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Herati",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "کلون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "کلان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dari",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Parthian",
    "Persian terms derived from Parthian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mâdar-i kalân",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "مادر کلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar-i kalân",
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ],
      "word": "پدر کلان"
    },
    {
      "english": "to grow up",
      "roman": "kalân šodan",
      "word": "کلان شدن"
    },
    {
      "english": "sheriff",
      "roman": "kalântar",
      "word": "کلانتر"
    },
    {
      "english": "metropolis",
      "roman": "kalân-šahr",
      "word": "کلانشهر"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "kalan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: kalan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: kalan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "کلاں",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kalā̃"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: کلاں (kalā̃)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: کلاں (kalā̃)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "xpr",
        "3": "𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗",
        "sc": "Mani",
        "t": "great, big; pure",
        "ts": "kalān"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "کەڵان",
        "t": "big, great, giant"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ttt",
        "2": "kələ",
        "t": "great, big"
      },
      "expansion": "Tat kələ (“great, big”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Parthian 𐫐𐫓𐫀𐫗 (klʾn /⁠kalān⁠/, “great, big; pure”). Related to Central Kurdish کەڵان (kellan, “big, great, giant”), کەڵە (kelle, “stud; male; male farm animal”) (as in کەڵەشێر (kelleşêr, “rooster”), کەڵەگا (kellega, “stud”)), Tat kələ (“great, big”) and the Armenian toponym Կաղանկատոյք (Kałankatoykʻ, literally “big habitation”). The ultimate origin is uncertain.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kalân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کلانتَر",
      "roman": "kalân-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کلانتَرین",
      "roman": "kalân-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "kalân"
      },
      "expansion": "کلان • (kalân) (comparative کلانتَر (kalân-tar), superlative کلانتَرین (kalân-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the details, the exacts, everything\n(literally, “from small to big”)",
          "ref": "از خرد تا کلان (Dari)",
          "text": "az xurd tā kalān"
        },
        {
          "english": "they explained all the details to me",
          "ref": "از خرد تا کلانش رو بهم توضیح داد (Iranian Persian)",
          "text": "az xord tâ kalâneš ro behem towzih dâd"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "big, huge, massive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ],
        [
          "massive",
          "massive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder, older"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.ˈlɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɑ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɔ́ːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰä.lɔ́n]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Herati",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "کلون"
    }
  ],
  "word": "کلان"
}

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