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Iranian

[ ih-rey-nee-uhn, ih-rah-, ahy-rey- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Iran, its inhabitants, or their language.
  2. of or relating to the Iranian languages.


noun

  1. a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
  2. an inhabitant of Iran; Persian.

Iranian

/ ɪˈɪɪə /

noun

  1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Iran
  2. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, divided into West Iranian (including Old Persian, Pahlavi, modern Persian, Kurdish, Baluchi, and Tajik) and East Iranian (including Avestan, Sogdian, Pashto, and Ossetic)
  3. AlsoPersianFarsi the modern Persian language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Iran, its inhabitants, or their language; Persian
  2. belonging to or relating to the Iranian branch of Indo-European
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·پ-··Ծ· adjective noun
  • -··Ծ· adjective noun
  • ·-··Ծ· adjective noun
  • ٰԲ-··Ծ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Iranian1

First recorded in 1835–45; Iran + -ian
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Example Sentences

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The men, including four Iranian nationals, are being held over an alleged plan to "target a specific premises", the Metropolitan Police said.

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Assistant Chief Constable John Webster said the crashes were "in no way related" to a counter-terror policing raid where officers arrested a 40-year-old Iranian man in the borough on Saturday.

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Four Iranian nationals - two aged 29, one aged 40 and one aged 46 - were arrested in various locations around England on Saturday as part of a "pre-planned" counter-terror operation, the Metropolitan Police said.

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Part of Trump's "maximum pressure" policy toward Tehran, the sanctions announced on Wednesday target entities said by the US to be involved in the illicit trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals.

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That is a question that the Iranian regime will need to address.

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