Gurann.
/ˈɡuːrən/ One of a people of Kurdistan; also, the language of this people. Also as adj.
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1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 157/2 The Gurán dialect..which is spoken throughout Ardelán and Kirmánsháhán.
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 158/1 The Guráns have for a long period abandoned nomadic habits.
1912 E. B. Soane To Mesopotamia & Kurdistan x. 218 There was even a special court language, the graceful and euphonious Guran dialect, an ancient Persian tongue.
1912 E. B. Soane To Mesopotamia & Kurdistan x. 224 Those who took protection under the Guran tribe, and have become Guran in name, were the Qadir Mir Waisi..and the Gurgkaish.
1912 E. B. Soane To Mesopotamia & Kurdistan xvi. 382 The Gurans ruled with great power from their old capital at Gahwara.
1948 A. Safrastian Kurds & Kurdistan vi. 89 The many tribes which bear the general denomination of Guran.
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