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Iranian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • (US) audio
  • /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
  • /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas Proto-Iranian *Áryah Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl) Middle Persian -ān Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn) Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor. English Iran Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Iranian From Iran + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
    • Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists. 2025 June 13, Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, “Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025:
    • Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology. 2015 August 1, Alissa J. Rubin, “After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Deriveds

Iranian studies · Iranianize · Iranianization · Iranianise · Indo-Iranian · Iranian Plateau · Iranian wolf · Iranianate · Iranianness · Proto-Indo-Iranian · Iranianisation · Proto-Iranian

Synonyms

Iranic

Translations (81)

uk іра́нський (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · be іра́нскі (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · hi ईरानी (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · es iraní (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · lv irānisks (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sv iransk (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · os ирайнаг (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · pt iraniano (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · th อิหร่าน (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ka ირანული (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · tk eýran (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · kk ирандық (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · lt iraniẽčių (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ur اِیرانِی (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · yi איראַניש (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · tg эронӣ (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sl iranski (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · vi Y Lãng (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · is íranskt (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · mn иран (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · lv irāniešu (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · mk ирански (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · kmr îranî (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ast iraniu (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ug ئىران (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sh ѝра̄нскӣ (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · fi iranilainen (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · cmn 伊朗的 (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · gl iraniano (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ar إِيرَانِيّ (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · is íranskur (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · vi I-ran (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ast iranín (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · cs iránský (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · cy Persiaidd (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · af Irannees (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · az iran (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · el ιρανικός (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · nn iransk (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ckb ئێرانی (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ps ايراني (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · cy Iranaidd (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ja イランの (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ro iranian (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · tk iran (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · da iransk (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · la iranicus (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · az iranlı (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · he אִירָאנִי (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · bg ира́нски (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · af Irans (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · fa ایرانی (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · et iraani (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · hy իրանական (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ca iranià (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · km អ៊ីរ៉ង់ (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ko 이란의 (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ky иран (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · nb iransk (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · hu iráni (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · tr İranlı (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sq iranian (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · uz eron (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ky ирандык (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · is íransk (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sw Kiajemi (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · my အီရန် (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · bn ইরানী (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · nl Iraans (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · kk иран (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · fa ایرونی (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · pl irański (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · it iraniano (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sk iránsky (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · ru ира́нский (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · cs íránský (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · lo ອີລ່ານ (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · gu ઈરાની (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · fr iranien (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · de iranisch (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture) · sh ìrānskī (of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture)

Iranian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • (US) audio
  • /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
  • /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas Proto-Iranian *Áryah Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl) Middle Persian -ān Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn) Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor. English Iran Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Iranian From Iran + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A person from Iran.
    • In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement. 2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
  2. A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Iranians Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Beverly Hills Iranian

Translations (95)

uk іра́нка (person from Iran) · tl Irano (person from Iran) · es iraniana (person from Iran) · ast iranina (person from Iran) · lv irāniete (person from Iran) · ce гӏажарийн (person from Iran) · ug ئىرانلىق (person from Iran) · it iraniana (person from Iran) · sq iranian (person from Iran) · lt iraniẽtė (person from Iran) · ar إِيرَانِيّ (person from Iran) · es iraní (person from Iran) · nl Iraanse (person from Iran) · be іра́нка (person from Iran) · kmr îranî (person from Iran) · ky ирандык (person from Iran) · cmn 伊朗人 (person from Iran) · bn ইরানী (person from Iran) · nl Iraniër (person from Iran) · kk ирандық (person from Iran) · af Irannees (person from Iran) · sl Iranka (person from Iran) · bg ира́нка (person from Iran) · el Ιρανός (person from Iran) · ro iraniană (person from Iran) · el Ιρανή (person from Iran) · af Iraniër (person from Iran) · tk eýranly (person from Iran) · it iraniano (person from Iran) · de Iranerin (person from Iran) · ast iraniu (person from Iran) · mk Иранец (person from Iran) · cs Íránka (person from Iran) · he אִירָאנִי (person from Iran) · hy իրանցի (person from Iran) · cs Íránec (person from Iran) · az iranlı (person from Iran) · hi ईरानी (person from Iran) · fi iranilainen (person from Iran) · fr Iranienne (person from Iran) · sk Iránčanka (person from Iran) · nn iranar (person from Iran) · fr Iranien (person from Iran) · tl Iranyo (person from Iran) · os ирайнаг (person from Iran) · gu ઈરાની (person from Iran) · uz eroniy (person from Iran) · ro iranian (person from Iran) · ps ايراني (person from Iran) · pl Irańczyk (person from Iran) · ar إِيرَانِيَّة (person from Iran) · es iraniano (person from Iran) · pt iraniano (person from Iran) · ast irania (person from Iran) · sw Mwajemi (person from Iran) · tr İranlı (person from Iran) · fa ایرانی (person from Iran) · fa ایرونی (person from Iran) · lez иранви (person from Iran) · lv irānietis (person from Iran) · ca iranià (person from Iran) · uz eronlik (person from Iran) · ckb ئێرانی (person from Iran) · ast iranín (person from Iran) · pl Iranka (person from Iran) · ko 이란 사람 (person from Iran) · mr इराणी (person from Iran) · sh Iranka (person from Iran) · sh Иранка (person from Iran) · ru ира́нка (person from Iran) · is Írani (person from Iran) · lt iraniẽtis (person from Iran) · bg ира́нец (person from Iran) · et iraanlane (person from Iran) · nb iraner (person from Iran) · sk Iránčan (person from Iran) · sv iranier (person from Iran) · ur اِیرانِی (person from Iran) · he אִירָאנִית (person from Iran) · hu iráni (person from Iran) · mk Иранка (person from Iran) · gl iraniano (person from Iran) · de Iraner (person from Iran) · crh iranlı (person from Iran) · ka ირანელი (person from Iran) · ru ира́нец (person from Iran) · sh Iránac (person from Iran) · tg эронӣ (person from Iran) · ja イラン人 (person from Iran) · uk іра́нець (person from Iran) · sl Iranec (person from Iran) · da iraner (person from Iran) · sh Ира́нац (person from Iran) · ko 이란인 (person from Iran) · be іра́нец (person from Iran)

Iranian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • (US) audio
  • /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
  • /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
  • /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas Proto-Iranian *Áryah Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl) Middle Persian -ān Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn) Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor. English Iran Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Iranian From Iran + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (nonstandard) Persian (the language).

Relateds

Persian