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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 is a member of the Western Iranian group of the Iranian languages, which make up a branch of the Indo-European languages in their Indo-Iranian subdivision.The Western Iranian languages themselves are divided into two subgroups: Southwestern Iranian languages, of which Persian is the most widely spoken, and Northwestern Iranian languages, of which Kurdish and Balochi are the most widely ...
Speaking of general readers, I have in my possession a simple 21st-century Persian phrasebook directed toward the broadest-possible English speaking audience which uses the terms "ablative" etc., with explanation of their meaning for the layman. The book was written by a native speaker, a published linguist who lectures in Iran.
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Persian belongs to the Indo-European language family, and many words in modern Persian usage ultimately originate from Proto-Indo-European. The language makes extensive use of word building techniques such as affixation and compounding to derive new words from roots.