Borrowed from Persian تهران. Ahmad Kasravi believed the word "Tehran" is derived from an Indo-European language and originally meant "the Hot Place" ("teh" meaning "Hot", and "rān" meaning "Place"). (Karvand Kasravi, page 273)
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