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Alanen — meaning in English

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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

Alanen is used for these senses in English:

  • Alan (historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.