English
Lankaran
Lankaran comes from Persian لنکران, and goes back to Old Median *Lan(a)karan- ‘the land of the Lan’.
- Old Medianmodern*Lan(a)karan-‘the land of the Lan’reconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentلنکرانlankarân
- Englishearliest quotation 1863Lankaran
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Medianmodern*Lan(a)karan-‘the land of the Lan’reconstructed
- Persianc. 900–presentلنکرانlankarân
- Englishearliest quotation 1863Lankaran
Earliest quotation: 1863, Edward Cust, Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century: “In Persia, the Russians continued their operations with so…”
The story
The Lan is probably a name of a Caspian tribe.
Every English word from Old Median *Lan(a)karan-
Today it means
name A city (and district) in Azerbaijan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Median *Lan(a)karan- / Lankaran