iranian
/ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.16 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
noun
A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.
Example Sentences
- "Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology."
- "Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists."
- "In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas Proto-Iranian *Áryah Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl) Middle Persian -ān Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn) Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor. English Iran Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Iranian From Iran + -ian.