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iranian

//ɪˈɹeɪni.ən//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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Forms

Plural
iranians

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 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. 2.Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A person from Iran.

  2. 2.A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4332

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
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General reading & writing
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Academic
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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.

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