iranian
//ɪˈɹeɪni.ən//
Forms
- Plural
- iranians
Definitions
1.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.
2.Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
1.A person from Iran.
2.A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4332
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
English Iran
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Iranian
From Iran + -ian.