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Irani

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R AA1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

relative to Iran and its people

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person from Iran or of Iranian heritage

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the smaller of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Iran

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Iranian, Persian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

Narrower terms: Farsi, Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes II

History

Etymology

From Iranian Persian ایرانی (irâni) (ērānī in classical Persian).

Real reading context

Irani in complete knowledge articles