Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चरण (caraṇa).
चरन (caran) m
- foot
c. 1500,
Surdas,
Sursagar 1.1:
- चरन कमल बंदौं हरि राइ ।
- caran kamal banda͠u hari rāi .
- Translation by Rupert Snell
- I salute the lotus feet of Hari, the king.
- (poetry) segment of verse