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Iranian
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English
Etymology
en :af Iran -ian + 1
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/ /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/ /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
en /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/<qq:often proscribed>
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en eɪniən ɑːniən 4
Adjective
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Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
en 2015-08-01 Alissa J. Rubin After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/world/europe/after-deal-europeans-are-eager-to-do-business-in-iran.html Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108174319/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/world/europe/after-deal-europeans-are-eager-to-do-business-in-iran.html
en Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/middleeast/israel-attack-iran-mossad-analysis-latam-intl 2025-06-13 Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists. https://web.archive.org/web/20250615013157/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/middleeast/israel-attack-iran-mossad-analysis-latam-intl
en linguistics en linguistics Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
en Iranic
Derived terms
en Indo-Iranian Iranianate Iranianisation Iranianise Iranianization Iranianize Iranianness Iranian Plateau Iranian studies Iranian wolf Proto-Indo-Iranian Proto-Iranian
Translations
of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Afrikaans: af Irans, af Irannees
Albanian: sq iranian
Arabic: ar إِيرَانِيّ
Armenian: hy իրանական
Asturian: ast iranín, ast iraniu
Azerbaijani: az iranlı, az iran
Belarusian: be іра́нскі
Bengali: bn ইরানী
Bulgarian: bg ира́нски
Burmese: my အီရန်
Catalan: ca iranià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊朗 Yīlǎng de 伊朗的
Czech: cs íránský, cs iránský
Danish: da iransk
Dutch: nl Iraans
Estonian: et iraani
Finnish: fi iranilainen
French: fr iranien
Galician: gl iraniano
Georgian: ka ირანული
German: de iranisch
Greek: el ιρανικός
Gujarati: gu ઈરાની
Hebrew: he אִירָאנִי irani
Hindi: hi ईरानी
Hungarian: hu iráni
Icelandic: is íranskur m, is íransk f, is íranskt n
Italian: it iraniano
Japanese: ja イラン Iran no イランの
Kazakh: kk иран, kk ирандық
Khmer: km អ៊ីរ៉ង់
Korean: ko 이란 ^이란-의
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئێرانی
Northern Kurdish: kmr îranî
Kyrgyz: ky иран, ky ирандык
Lao: lo ອີລ່ານ
Latin: la iranicus
Latvian: lv irāniešu, lv irānisks
Lithuanian: lt iraniẽčių
Macedonian: mk ирански
Mongolian: mn иран
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb iransk
Nynorsk: nn iransk
Ossetian: os ирайнаг
Pashto: ps ايراني irāni
Persian: fa ایرانی irâni, fa ایرونی iruni colloquial, Tehran
Polish: pl irański
Portuguese: pt iraniano
Romanian: ro iranian
Russian: ru ира́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ѝра̄нскӣ
Latin: sh ìrānskī
Slovak: sk iránsky
Slovene: sl iranski
Spanish: es iraní
Swahili: sw Kiajemi
Swedish: sv iransk
Tajik: tg эронӣ
Thai: th อิหร่าน
Turkish: tr İranlı
Turkmen: tk eýran, tk iran
Ukrainian: uk іра́нський
Urdu: ur اِیرانِی
Uyghur: ug ئىران
Uzbek: uz eron
Vietnamese: vi Y Lãng, vi I-ran
Welsh: cy Persiaidd m f, cy Iranaidd m f
Yiddish: yi איראַניש
Noun
A person from Iran.
en Glenn Thrush U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme 2022-09-14 w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/iran-hacking-cyberattacks.html In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924133712/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/iran-hacking-cyberattacks.html
en en linguistics A member of any of the various ethnic groups that speak the Iranian languages.
Derived terms
en Beverly Hills Iranian
Translations
person from Iran
Afrikaans: af Iraniër, af Irannees
Albanian: sq iranian m
Arabic: ar إِيرَانِيّ m, ar إِيرَانِيَّة f
Armenian: hy իրանցի
Asturian: ast iranín m, ast iranina f, ast iraniu m, ast irania f
Azerbaijani: az iranlı
Belarusian: be іра́нец m, be іра́нка f
Bengali: bn ইরানী
Bulgarian: bg ира́нец m, bg ира́нка f
Catalan: ca iranià m
Chechen: ce гӏажарийн
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊朗人 yīlǎngrén
Crimean Tatar: crh iranlı
Czech: cs Íránec m, cs Íránka f
Danish: da iraner
Dutch: nl Iraniër m, nl Iraanse f
Estonian: et iraanlane
Finnish: fi iranilainen
French: fr Iranien, fr Iranienne f
Galician: gl iraniano m
Georgian: ka ირანელი
German: de Iraner m, de Iranerin f
Greek: el Ιρανός m, el Ιρανή f
Gujarati: gu ઈરાની m
Hebrew: he אִירָאנִי irani, he אִירָאנִית f iranít
Hindi: hi ईरानी m f
Hungarian: hu iráni
Icelandic: is Írani m
Italian: it iraniano m, it iraniana f
Japanese: ja イラン人 イランじん, iranjin
Kazakh: kk ирандық
Korean: ko 이란인, ko 이란 사람
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئێرانی
Northern Kurdish: kmr îranî
Kyrgyz: ky ирандык
Latvian: lv irānietis m, lv irāniete f
Lezgi: lez иранви
Lithuanian: lt iraniẽtis m, lt iraniẽtė f
Macedonian: mk Иранец m, mk Иранка f
Marathi: mr इराणी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb iraner m
Nynorsk: nn iranar m
Ossetian: os ирайнаг
Pashto: ps ايراني m f irāni
Persian: fa ایرانی irâni, fa ایرونی iruni colloquial, Tehran
Polish: pl Irańczyk m, pl Iranka f
Portuguese: pt iraniano m
Romanian: ro iranian m, ro iraniană f
Russian: ru ира́нец m, ru ира́нка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ира́нац m, sh Иранка f
Latin: sh Iránac m, sh Iranka f
Slovak: sk Iránčan m, sk Iránčanka f
Slovene: sl Iranec m, sl Iranka f
Spanish: es iraní, es iraniano m, es iraniana f
Swahili: sw Mwajemi
Swedish: sv iranier c
Tagalog: tl Irano, tl Iranyo
Tajik: tg эронӣ
Turkish: tr İranlı
Turkmen: tk eýranly
Ukrainian: uk іра́нець m, uk іра́нка f
Urdu: ur اِیرانِی m f
Uyghur: ug ئىرانلىق
Uzbek: uz eronlik, uz eroniy
Proper noun
en nonstandard proscribed en Persian the language.
Translations
Persian
See also
en Persian
en Demonyms Ethnonyms Iran Language families Nationalities