Bengali Etymology Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa). Doublet of পরান (poran). Pronunciation (Rarh) IPA(key): /pɾan/, [ˈpɾaːn], [ˈpɾan] Audio:(file) (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɹan/, [ˈpɹan] Noun প্রাণ • (pran) life breath, respirationWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.