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Iranian studies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: humanities

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Synonyms: Iranistics, Iranology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Oriental studies

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Across languages

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: իրանագիտություն (iranagitutʻyun) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊朗學 /伊朗学 (yīlǎngxué) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Czech: íránistika — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • French: iranologie — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Georgian: ირანისტიკა (iranisṭiḳa) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • German: Iranistik — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Hindi: ईरानविद्या (īrānvidyā) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Hungarian: iranisztika — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Japanese: イラン学 (irangaku) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Kazakh: ирантану (irantanu) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Korean: 이란학 (iranhak) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Northern Kurdish: îrannasî — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Northern Kurdish: îranolojî — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Mongolian: иран судлал (iran sudlal) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Persian: ایرانشناسی (irân-šenâsi) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Russian: ирани́стика (iranístika) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Russian: ираноло́гия (iranológija) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Tajik: эроншиносӣ (eronšinosi) — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples
  • Uzbek: eronshunoslik — an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples