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- noun A
Turkish andAltaic drink out ofyoghurt , water and salt.
Etymologies
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Examples
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IN Barcelona, during all those last weeks I spent there, there was a peculiar evil feeling in the airan atmosphere of suspicion, fear, uncertainty, and veiled hatred.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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Floats through the azure airan island of the blest! st.
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'S è fo creìdfinn ann aiu Mac DHIA a tha air a thogail fuas: a tha air a hoimeas ri amharc fuas airan naithir phrars, Eoin iii.
Coir mhor a Chriosduidh: ann da earrain. : I. D'fheuchainn mu choir shlainteil ann Criosd. II. An doigh chum ruigheachd air. MacFarlane, Patrick, 1753-1832 1783
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They swung open a farm gate built like a portcullis to let us in to the walled yard and welcomed us with the now familiar Kyrgyz version of the cream tea: fresh wet walnuts, airan or kefir, the farm’s yoghurt, nan, more walnuts in syrup, apples, buns, fresh cream and chai.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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They swung open a farm gate built like a portcullis to let us in to the walled yard and welcomed us with the now familiar Kyrgyz version of the cream tea: fresh wet walnuts, airan or kefir, the farm’s yoghurt, nan, more walnuts in syrup, apples, buns, fresh cream and chai.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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