| thigh    ران     rân (#) 
 Fr.: cuisse    The part of the human → leg
   between the → hip and the
   → knee. M.E. thi, thigh(e), the(h), O.E. thioh, theoh;
   cognate with Du. dij, O.H.G. dioh, O.Norse
   thjo. Rân, from Mid.Pers. rân "thigh;" Av. rāna-
   "the outer part of the thigh." |