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Kian is the English variant of the Gaelic Irish given name Cian, [1] meaning "ancient". [2] A variant spelling of Kian is Kyan . Kian ( Persian : کیان) is also a common Persian given name meaning "king" or "realm".
Depending on its spelling it could be of Persian or Gaelic Irish origin. As (Persian: کیان), it is a common Persian given name meaning "king" or "realm" “God is Gracious”. In English, it is a variant of the given name Cian
A Grammar Of The Persian Language: To Which Are Subjoined Several Dialogues; With An Alphabetical List Of The English And Persian Terms Of Grammar. Johnson, Edwin Lee (1917). Historical Grammar of the Ancient Persian Language. Jones, Sir William (1771). A Grammar of the Persian Language. Kent, Roland G. (1950). Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon.
It is sometimes regarded as a modern English name formed from the elements ki and ana or anna. [1] It is also a Hawaiian form of the name Diana [2] or a variant spelling of Qiana, which was the name of a type of fabric that was in use as a given name. Quiana and Quianna are variants. [3]
Persian nouns have no grammatical gender, and the case markers have been greatly reduced since Old Persian—both characteristics of contact languages. Persian nouns now mark with a postpositive only for the specific accusative case ; the other oblique cases are marked by prepositions.
Persian verbs are inflected for three singular and three plural persons. The 2nd and 3rd person plural are often used when referring to singular persons for politeness. There are fewer verb forms in Persian than in English; there are about ten verb forms in all. The greatest variety is shown in verb forms referring to past events.
Thus many words in the list below, though originally from Persian, arrived in English through the intermediary of Ottoman Turkish language. Many Persian words also came into English through Urdu during British colonialism. Persian was the language of the Mughal court before British rule in India even though locals in North India spoke Hindustani.
Finally, it was published in 1972 by Amir Kabir Publishers in Tehran, Iran, in six volumes — four volumes for Persian words, compounds, and expressions, and two volumes for proper nouns. The dictionary has not been updated since its first publishing, but has been reprinted many times by several publishers inside Iran.