Iranian Definition

ĭ-rānē-ən, ĭ-rä-, ī-rā-
adjective
Of Iran or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
Of the Iranian branch of Indo-European.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A member of the people of Iran; Persian.
Webster's New World
A person of Iranian ancestry.
American Heritage
The group of languages making up the Iranian branch, Indo-Iranian subfamily, of the Indo-European language family, including languages now spoken in the Plateau of Iran and a small area of the Caucasus: among the extant languages of the group are Farsi (Persian), Kurdish, and Pashto.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Iranian

Noun

Singular:
Iranian
Plural:
iranians

Origin of Iranian

  • From Iran +‎ -ian.

    From Wiktionary

Iranian Sentence Examples

  • Nevertheless, the general opinion has been that the Scyths were Iranian.

  • The Caucasian races (except the Gregorians), together with the Turks and Tatars, are Mussulmans of the Sunnite sect (2,021,300), and the Iranian races mostly Mussulmans of the Shiite sect (884, too).

  • On entering *The fact that the Mitannians venerated Varuna, Indra, and the Asvins is important as showing that Iranian and Indian Aryans had not yet separated as late as 1400 B.C.

  • Already in the later Avesta he has become a half-mythical figure, the last in the series of heroes of east Iranian legend, in the arrangement of which series priestly influence is unmistakably evident.

  • We find in them the same beauties and the same defects that we observe in the production of the Iranian authors.

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Words Starting With

IIRIRA

Words Ending With

NANIAN

Unscrambles

Iranian

Words Starting With I and Ending With N

Starts With I & Ends With NStarts With IR & Ends With NStarts With I & Ends With AN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With I7 Letter Words Ending With N