Alain — meaning in English

English meaning

• Alan noun A member of the Alans, a nomadic Iranian-speaking people who roamed the Eurasian steppe in the first millennium AD.

Senses

Alain is used for these senses in English:

• Alan A en given name.
• Alanic of or pertaining to Alans—an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity and middle ages—or their language
• Alanic the Iranian language of the Alans, from which modern Ossetian may be descended