ایران
See also: Appendix:Variations of "iran" and إيران
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ایرون (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “[land] of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe.ɾɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ērān, īrān |
Dari reading? | ērān, īrān |
Iranian reading? | irân |
Tajik reading? | eron |
Proper noun edit
Dari | ایران |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Эрон |
ایران • (irân)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East); (historically) Persia
- Synonym: (official) جُمْهوریِ اِسْلامیِ ایران (jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân)
- c. 1032, گردیزی [Gardizi], زینالاخبار [Zeyn-ol-axbâr]:
- میان ایران و توران تعصب و فتنه افتاد تا بدین غایت هنوز اندر آنند.
- miyân-e irân o turân ta'assob o fetne oftâd tâ bedin ğâyat hanuz andar ân-and.
- There has been intolerance and strife between Iran and Turan to the point that they are still engaged in it to this moment.
- 1600s, اشرف مازندرانی [Ašraf Mâzandârâni], edited by احمد گلچین معانی [Ahmad Golčin-e Ma'âni], کاروان هند [Kârvân-e Hend], volume 1, published 1970, page 71:
- گر به صد زحمت من از هندوستان آیم برون
خود بگو از عهدهی ایران چسان آیم برون- gar be sad zahmat man az hendustân âyam borun
xod be-gu az 'ohde-ye irân česân âyam borun - If, by a hundred efforts, I should leave Hindustan
Tell me, how should I ever leave my duty to Iran?
- gar be sad zahmat man az hendustân âyam borun
- 1923, اقبال لاهوری [Muhammad Iqbal], پیام مشرق [Message from the East]:
- سکندر رفت و شمشیر و علم رفت
خراج شهر و گنج کان و یم رفت
امم را از شهان پاینده تر دان
نمی بینی که ایران ماند و جم رفت- sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
xarâj-e šahr o ganj-e kân o yam raft
omam râ az šahân pâyande-tar dân
ne-mi-bini ke irân mânad o jam raft - Alexander is gone, with his sword and his banner,
His cities' revenues and his treasures from mines and seas are gone.
Know that nations are more lasting than kings;
Do you not see that Iran remains, while Jamshid is gone?
- sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
- a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian
Usage notes edit
- The female given name does not change its ending in the colloquial register.
Derived terms edit
- ایرانشهر (irânšahr)
- ایرانی (irâni)
- ایرانزمین (irân-zamin)
- ایرانویج (irân-vêj)
Urdu edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyr ʾn /ērān/).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /iː.ɾɑːn/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: اِی‧ران
Proper noun edit
اِیران • (īrān) m (Hindi spelling ईरान)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
Related terms edit
- ایرانی (īrānī, “Iranian”)
See also edit
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِی (turkī), قَبْرَص (qabras) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائیِل (isrāyil) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیْت (kuvayt) (Category: ur:Middle East)
References edit
- “ایران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.