Iranian

/ɪˈreɪniən/

/ɪˈreɪniɪn/

Other forms: Iranians

Definitions of Iranian

1. adjective

   of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
   “Iranian mountains”

   “Iranian security police”

   synonyms: Persian
2. noun

   a native or inhabitant of Iran
   synonyms: Irani, Persian

   examples:

   Artaxerxes I

   king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)

   Artaxerxes II

   king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)

   types:

   Farsi

   a person of Iranian descent

   type of:

   Asian, Asiatic

   a native or inhabitant of Asia
3. noun

   the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
   synonyms: Iranian language

   types:

   Avestan, Zend

   an ancient Iranian language

   Gathic

   an ancient Iranian language

   Farsi, Persian

   the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms

   Dari, Dari Persian

   an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan

   Tadzhik, Tajik, Tajiki

   the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan

   Kurdish

   an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia

   Balochi, Baluchi

   an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf

   Pahlavi, Pehlevi

   the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries

   Afghan, Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto

   an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

   Ossete

   a northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia

   Scythian

   the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians

   Parthian

   the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)

   type of:

   Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language

   the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups