Iranian [ih-rey -nee-uh n, ih-rah -, ahy-rey -]
Examples Word Origin
of or relating to Iran , its inhabitants, or their language. of or relating to the Iranian languages. Show More
a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish. an inhabitant of Iran ; Persian. Show More
Also
I·ra·ni [ih-ran -ee, ih-rah -nee, ahy-rey -] /ɪˈræn i, ɪˈrɑ ni, aɪˈreɪ-/ (for defs 1, 4) .
Origin of Iranian First recorded in
1835–45; Iran +
-ian Related forms pro-I·ra·ni·an , adjective, noun pseu·do-I·ra·ni·an , adjective, noun trans-I·ra·ni·an , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for iranian Contemporary Examples of iranian “Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.
A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.
Rights activists like Boledi, the Iranian Baluch dissident living in Sweden, harbor some of the same concerns.
A few weeks later, the militants carried out a series of raids on border posts, killing five Iranian policemen.
Saleem believes that the strike came from a nearby airbase across the Iranian border.
Historical Examples of iranian No doubt there were germs in the early Iranian religion of a priestly system.
Airja in Zend stood both for “honourable” and for the name of the Iranian , people.
By some it is regarded as a cluster of old Iranian crown jewels.
It may be a copy of a European carpet, or some Indian or Iranian antique.
Semitic and Iranian forms, compared with Egyptian forms, iii.
British Dictionary definitions for iranian a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Iran a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, divided into West Iranian (including Old Persian, Pahlavi, modern Persian, Kurdish, Baluchi, and Tajik) and East Iranian (including Avestan, Sogdian, Pashto, and Ossetic) Also: Persian , Farsi the modern Persian language Show More
relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Iran, its inhabitants, or their language; Persian belonging to or relating to the Iranian branch of Indo-European Show More
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Word Origin and History for iranian 1841 (adj.); 1873 (n.), from Iran + -ian .
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