adj · name · noun · 8 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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/ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
/ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
/iˈɹɑːni.ən/
/aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
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rhymes with -eɪniən
rhymes with -ɑːniən
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Iranic
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
Persian (the language).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A person from Iran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Iranian mountains
Iranian security police
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Persian
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Iranian language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language
Narrower terms: Farsi, Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes II
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Iran Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Iranian From Iran + -ian.
Across languages
Translations
176 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Irans
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Afrikaans:
Irannees
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Albanian:
iranian
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Arabic:
إِيرَانِيّ
(ʔīrāniyy)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Armenian:
իրանական
(iranakan)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Asturian:
iranín
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Asturian:
iraniu
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Azerbaijani:
iranlı
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Azerbaijani:
iran
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Belarusian:
іра́нскі
(iránski)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Bengali:
ইরানী
(irani)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Bulgarian:
ира́нски
(iránski)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Burmese:
အီရန်
(iran)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Catalan:
iranià
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Chinese Mandarin:
伊朗的
(Yīlǎng de)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Czech:
íránský
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Czech:
iránský
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Danish:
iransk
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Dutch:
Iraans
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Estonian:
iraani
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Finnish:
iranilainen
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
French:
iranien
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Galician:
iraniano
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Georgian:
ირანული
(iranuli)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
German:
iranisch
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Greek:
ιρανικός
(iranikós)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Gujarati:
ઈરાની
(īrānī)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Hebrew:
אִירָאנִי
(irani)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Hindi:
ईरानी
(īrānī)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Hungarian:
iráni
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Icelandic:
íranskur
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Icelandic:
íransk
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Icelandic:
íranskt
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Italian:
iraniano
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Japanese:
イランの
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Kazakh:
иран
(iran)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Kazakh:
ирандық
(irandyq)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Khmer:
អ៊ីរ៉ង់
(ʼiirɑng)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Korean:
이란의
(Iran-ui)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Central Kurdish:
ئێرانی
(êranî)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Northern Kurdish:
îranî
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Kyrgyz:
иран
(iran)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Kyrgyz:
ирандык
(irandık)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Lao:
ອີລ່ານ
(ʼī lān)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Latin:
iranicus
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Latvian:
irāniešu
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Latvian:
irānisks
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Lithuanian:
iraniẽčių
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Macedonian:
ирански
(iranski)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Mongolian:
иран
(iran)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Norwegian Bokmål:
iransk
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Norwegian Nynorsk:
iransk
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Ossetian:
ирайнаг
(irajnag)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Pashto:
ايراني
(irāni)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Persian:
ایرانی
(irâni)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Persian:
ایرونی
(iruni)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Polish:
irański
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Portuguese:
iraniano
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Romanian:
iranian
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Russian:
ира́нский
(iránskij)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Serbo-Croatian:
ѝра̄нскӣ
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Serbo-Croatian:
ìrānskī
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Slovak:
iránsky
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Slovene:
iranski
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Spanish:
iraní
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Swahili:
Kiajemi
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Swedish:
iransk
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Tajik:
эронӣ
(eroni)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Thai:
อิหร่าน
(ì-ràan)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Turkish:
İranlı
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Turkmen:
eýran
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Turkmen:
iran
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Ukrainian:
іра́нський
(iránsʹkyj)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Urdu:
اِیرانِی
(īrānī)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Uyghur:
ئىران
(iran)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Uzbek:
eron
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Vietnamese:
Y Lãng
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Vietnamese:
I-ran
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Welsh:
Persiaidd
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Welsh:
Iranaidd
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Yiddish:
איראַניש
(iranish)
— of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture
Afrikaans:
Iraniër
— person from Iran
Afrikaans:
Irannees
— person from Iran
Albanian:
iranian
— person from Iran
Arabic:
إِيرَانِيّ
(ʔīrāniyy)
— person from Iran
Arabic:
إِيرَانِيَّة
(ʔīrāniyya)
— person from Iran
Armenian:
իրանցի
(irancʻi)
— person from Iran
Asturian:
iranín
— person from Iran
Asturian:
iranina
— person from Iran
Asturian:
iraniu
— person from Iran
Asturian:
irania
— person from Iran
Azerbaijani:
iranlı
— person from Iran
Belarusian:
іра́нец
(iránjec)
— person from Iran
Belarusian:
іра́нка
(iránka)
— person from Iran
Bengali:
ইরানী
(irani)
— person from Iran
Bulgarian:
ира́нец
(iránec)
— person from Iran
Bulgarian:
ира́нка
(iránka)
— person from Iran
Catalan:
iranià
— person from Iran
Chechen:
гӏажарийн
(ğažariı̇n)
— person from Iran
Chinese Mandarin:
伊朗人
(yīlǎngrén)
— person from Iran
Crimean Tatar:
iranlı
— person from Iran
Czech:
Íránec
— person from Iran
Czech:
Íránka
— person from Iran
Danish:
iraner
— person from Iran
Dutch:
Iraniër
— person from Iran
Dutch:
Iraanse
— person from Iran
Estonian:
iraanlane
— person from Iran
Finnish:
iranilainen
— person from Iran
French:
Iranien
— person from Iran
French:
Iranienne
— person from Iran
Galician:
iraniano
— person from Iran
Georgian:
ირანელი
(iraneli)
— person from Iran
German:
Iraner
— person from Iran
German:
Iranerin
— person from Iran
Greek:
Ιρανός
(Iranós)
— person from Iran
Greek:
Ιρανή
(Iraní)
— person from Iran
Gujarati:
ઈરાની
(īrānī)
— person from Iran
Hebrew:
אִירָאנִי
(irani)
— person from Iran
Hebrew:
אִירָאנִית
(iranít)
— person from Iran
Hindi:
ईरानी
(īrānī)
— person from Iran
Hungarian:
iráni
— person from Iran
Icelandic:
Írani
— person from Iran
Italian:
iraniano
— person from Iran
Italian:
iraniana
— person from Iran
Japanese:
イラン人
(iranjin)
— person from Iran
Kazakh:
ирандық
(irandyq)
— person from Iran
Korean:
이란인
(iranin)
— person from Iran
Korean:
이란 사람
(iran saram)
— person from Iran
Central Kurdish:
ئێرانی
(êranî)
— person from Iran
