irân
/ˌɪɹˈɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "N. B. Irân is the antient Name of Perſia, and the Perſians at preſent call it by that Name. Irân pronounc’d Irûn, is Perſia at large; Pars is proper Perſia."
- "About this time many rebels had ſeized the provinces of Irân, and ſet up for independent monarchs. This exceedingly diſpleaſed Timûr; who, having conquered the kingdom of Tûrân, which Jenghîz Khân formerly divided between his ſons Tuſhi and Jagatay, he reſolved to ſubdue the empire of Irân, or Perſia at large."
- "The sixth and next discourse is on Persia or Irân. / There is solid reason to suppose, that a powerful monarchy had been established in Irân, for ages before the Assyrian Dynasty, (which commenced with Cayumers, about eight or nine centuries before Christ) under the name of the Mahabadian Dynasty, and that it must be the oldest in the world."
- "“I am your servant,” said the other, “I am the servant of your family. You do not know me, but Mashallah! praises to Allah, it is a long while since I have known you. The air of Irân is filled with your renown; I am come from Mazanderan, and there by the beard of the shah I swear you are worshipped.”[…]The shah has vowed that you are to be the greatest man who sits in his gate: see, he gives to you in marriage the choicest maiden of Irân; that flower, of which others have not dared even to catch a distant scent, has been at once plucked and thrown into your bosom."
- "“This is the face (or resemblance) of the servant of Ormuzd, the god (or the divine) Sapor, king of the kings of Irân and Turân (Persia and Scythia) of the race of the gods, son of the servant of Ormuzd, the divine Artaxares, king of the kings of Irân, of the race of the gods; grandson of the divine Papek the king.”"
- "‘This is the edict of me, the Ormazd-worshipper, the divine being Sapor, the king of kings of Irân and non-Irân, of heavenly origin from God; the son of the Ormazd-worshipper, the divine being Ardeshir, the king of kings of Irân, of heavenly origin from God; the grandson of the divine being Bâbek, the king.[…]’"