English edit

Etymology edit

Irano- +‎ -philic

Adjective edit

Iranophilic (comparative more Iranophilic, superlative most Iranophilic)

  1. (very rare) Fond of Iran or its people or culture.
    • 1994, Ronald Suny, The Making of the Georgian Nation - Page 24
      Breaking with his Iranophilic past, Vakhtang brought his state and church into line with current Byzantine policy, adopting Zeno's Henoticon of 482, which in the East was considered a "veiled condemnation of Chalcedon".
    • 1996, Kenneth Glaudell, An Afghan of Unknown Views, page 37
      They simply insist that his Persian-tinged pronunciation, grammatical usages, and vocabulary were the result of a birth and education in Iranophilic Afghanistan.