Etymology

Shirvan

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Today it means: A historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Full definition →

Classical Persian شِرْوَان
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromشِرْوَان
  2. English todayShirvan

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِرْوَان (širwān).

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