Iranian

[ ih-rey-nee-uh n, ih-rah-, ahy-rey- ]

/ ɪˈreɪ ni ən, ɪˈrɑ-, aɪˈreɪ- /

adjective

of or relating to Iran, its inhabitants, or their language.

of or relating to the Iranian languages.

noun

a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.

an inhabitant of Iran; Persian.

Origin of Iranian

First recorded in 1835–45; Iran + -ian

Related formspro-I·ra·ni·an, adjective, nounpseu·do-I·ra·ni·an, adjective, nountrans-I·ra·ni·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for iranian

“Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rights activists like Boledi, the Iranian Baluch dissident living in Sweden, harbor some of the same concerns.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few weeks later, the militants carried out a series of raids on border posts, killing five Iranian policemen.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Saleem believes that the strike came from a nearby airbase across the Iranian border.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Moving now from India westwards, we find on one side the Iranian, and on the other the Turanian traditions.
Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)|Angelo de Gubernatis
The next year, however, the war thus checked on the Iranian table-land broke out in the north-west, in the mountains of Cilicia.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 7 (of 12)|G. Maspero
But the high position of woman in the Iranian and the Buddhist religions is well known.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Precisely what determined the Iranian movement toward this specific form of reincarnation we have no means of knowing.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
Modern Persian is a living representative of the old Iranian speech.
New Latin Grammar|Charles E. Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for iranian

Iranian

/ (ɪˈreɪnɪən) /

noun

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

adjective

relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Iran, its inhabitants, or their language; Persian

belonging to or relating to the Iranian branch of Indo-European

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Word Origin and History for iranian

Iranian

1841 (adj.); 1873 (n.), from Iran + -ian.

Iranian

adjective

noun

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