[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A member of a nomadic people of the northern Caucasus from whom the Ossetians are thought to be descended.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Vegetius' De Re Militari. From classical Latin Alānus (plural Alānī) member of an ancient Iranian-speaking people, related to the Scythians and Sarmatians from an Iranian ethnonym (ultimately cognate with Persian īrān, the name of Iran), apparently from the same Indo-Iranian base as Old Persian ariya + a suffix from the Indo-European base of -an

[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Of or relating to the Alans or their language; Alanic.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Vegetius' De Re Militari. From classical Latin Alānus (plural Alānī) member of an ancient Iranian-speaking people, related to the Scythians and Sarmatians from an Iranian ethnonym (ultimately cognate with Persian īrān, the name of Iran), apparently from the same Indo-Iranian base as Old Persian ariya + a suffix from the Indo-European base of -an