Iranian

English

Etymology

From Iran +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/, /iˈɹɑːni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən, -ɑːniən

Noun

Iranian (plural Iranians)

1. A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.

Translations

person from Iran or of Iranian descent

• Afrikaans: Iraniër, Irannees
• Albanian: iranian m
• Arabic: إِيرَانِيّ m (ʔīrāniyy), إِيرَانِيَّة f (ʔīrāniyya)
• Armenian: իրանցի (irancʻi)
• Azerbaijani: iranlı
• Belarusian: іра́нец m (iránjec), іра́нка f (iránka)
• Bengali: ইরানী (bn) (irani)
• Bulgarian: ира́нец m (iránec), ира́нка f (iránka)
• Catalan: iranià (ca) m
• Chechen: гӏажарийн (ğažariı̇n)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊朗人 (zh) (yīlǎngrén)

• Czech: Íránec (cs) m, Íránka (cs) f
• Danish: iraner (da)
• Dutch: Iraniër (nl) m, Iraanse (nl) f
• Estonian: iraanlane
• Finnish: iranilainen (fi)
• French: Iranien (fr), Iranienne (fr) f
• Galician: iraniano m
• Georgian: ირანელი (iraneli)
• German: Iraner (de) m, Iranerin (de) f
• Greek: Ιρανός (el) m (Iranós), Ιρανή (el) f (Iraní)
• Hebrew: אִירָאנִי (irani), אִירָאנִית f (iranít)
• Hindi: ईरानी (hi) m or f (īrānī)
• Hungarian: iráni (hu)
• Icelandic: Írani m
• Italian: iraniano (it) m, iraniana (it) f
• Japanese: イラン人 (イランじん, Iranjin)
• Kazakh: ирандық (irandyq)
• Korean: 이란 사람 (iran saram), 이란인 (iranin)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێرانی (êranî)

  Northern Kurdish: îranî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: ирандык (irandık)
• Latvian: irānietis m, irāniete f
• Lezgi: иранви (iranvi)
• Lithuanian: iraniẽtis (lt) m, iraniẽtė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Иранец m (Iranec), Иранка f (Iranka)
• Marathi: इराणी (irāṇī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iraner m

  Nynorsk: iranar (nn) m

• Ossetian: ирайнаг (irajnag)
• Pashto: ايراني m or f (irāni)
• Persian: ایرانی (fa) (irâni), ایرونی (iruni) (colloquial, Tehran)
• Polish: Irańczyk (pl) m, Iranka (pl) f
• Portuguese: iraniano (pt) m
• Romanian: iranian (ro) m, iraniană (ro) f
• Russian: ира́нец (ru) m (iránec), ира́нка (ru) f (iránka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ира́нац m, Иранка f

  Roman: Iránac (sh) m, Iranka f

• Slovak: Iránčan m, Iránčanka f
• Slovene: Iranec m, Iranka f
• Spanish: iraní (es), iraniano m, iraniana f
• Swahili: Mwajemi
• Swedish: iranier (sv) c
• Tagalog: Irano, Iranyo
• Tajik: эронӣ (eroni)
• Turkish: İranlı (tr)
• Turkmen: eýranly
• Ukrainian: іра́нець m (iránecʹ), іра́нка f (iránka)
• Urdu: اِیرانِی m or f (īrānī)
• Uyghur: ئىرانلىق (iranliq)
• Uzbek: eronlik (uz), eroniy (uz)

See also

• Persian

Adjective

Iranian (not comparable)

2. (linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

   Synonym: Iranic

Derived terms

• Indo-Iranian
• Iranianise
• Iranianize
• Iranian wolf

 

Translations

pertaining to the Iranian languages or the Iranian peoples

• Afrikaans: Irans, Irannees
• Albanian: iranian
• Arabic: إِيرَانِيّ (ʔīrāniyy)
• Armenian: իրանական (hy) (iranakan)
• Azerbaijani: iranlı, iran
• Belarusian: іра́нскі (iránski)
• Bengali: ইরানী (bn) (irani)
• Bulgarian: ира́нски (iránski)
• Burmese: အီရန် (iran)
• Catalan: iranià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊朗的 (zh) (Yīlǎng de)

• Czech: íránský (cs), iránský
• Danish: iransk (da)
• Dutch: Iraans (nl)
• Estonian: iraani
• Finnish: iranilainen (fi)
• French: iranien (fr)
• Galician: iraniano
• Georgian: ირანული (iranuli)
• German: iranisch (de)
• Greek: ιρανικός (el) (iranikós)
• Hebrew: אִירָאנִי (irani)
• Hindi: ईरानी (hi) (īrānī)
• Hungarian: iráni (hu)
• Icelandic: íranskur m, íransk f, íranskt n
• Italian: iraniano (it)
• Japanese: イランの (ja) (Iran no)
• Kazakh: иран (iran), ирандық (irandyq)
• Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ង់ (km) (ʼiirɑng)
• Korean: 이란의 (ko) (Iran-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێرانی (êranî)

  Northern Kurdish: îranî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: иран (iran), ирандык (irandık)
• Lao: ອີລ່ານ (ʼī lān)
• Latin: iranicus
• Latvian: irāniešu, irānisks
• Lithuanian: iraniẽčių
• Macedonian: ирански (iranski)
• Mongolian: иран (iran)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iransk

  Nynorsk: iransk (nn)

• Ossetian: ирайнаг (irajnag)
• Pashto: ايراني (irāni)
• Persian: ایرانی (fa) (irâni), ایرونی (iruni) (colloquial, Tehran)
• Polish: irański (pl)
• Portuguese: iraniano (pt)
• Romanian: iranian (ro)
• Russian: ира́нский (ru) (iránskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝра̄нскӣ

  Roman: ìrānskī (sh)

• Slovak: iránsky (sk)
• Slovene: iranski (sl)
• Spanish: iraní (es)
• Swahili: Kiajemi (sw)
• Swedish: iransk (sv)
• Tajik: эронӣ (eroni)
• Thai: อิหร่าน (th) (ì-ràan)
• Turkish: İranlı (tr)
• Turkmen: eýran, iran
• Ukrainian: іра́нський (iránsʹkyj)
• Urdu: اِیرانِی (īrānī)
• Uyghur: ئىران (iran)
• Uzbek: eron
• Vietnamese: Y Lãng, I-ran
• Welsh: Persiaidd m or f, Iranaidd m or f
• Yiddish: איראַניש (iranish)

Proper noun

Iranian

1. (nonstandard) Persian (language)