Iranian

English

Etymology

From Iran +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/, /iˈɹɑːni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən, -ɑːniən

Noun

Iranian (plural Iranians)

1. A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.
   • 2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

person from Iran or of Iranian descent

• Afrikaans: Iraniër, Irannees
• Albanian: iranian m
• Arabic: إِيرَانِيّ m (ʔīrāniyy), إِيرَانِيَّة f (ʔīrāniyya)
• Armenian: իրանցի (irancʻi)
• Azerbaijani: iranlı
• Belarusian: іра́нец m (iránjec), іра́нка f (iránka)
• Bengali: ইরানী (bn) (irani)
• Bulgarian: ира́нец m (iránec), ира́нка f (iránka)
• Catalan: iranià (ca) m
• Chechen: гӏажарийн (ğažariı̇n)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊朗人 (zh) (yīlǎngrén)

• Czech: Íránec (cs) m, Íránka (cs) f
• Danish: iraner (da)
• Dutch: Iraniër (nl) m, Iraanse (nl) f
• Estonian: iraanlane
• Finnish: iranilainen (fi)
• French: Iranien (fr), Iranienne (fr) f
• Galician: iraniano m
• Georgian: ირანელი (iraneli)
• German: Iraner (de) m, Iranerin (de) f
• Greek: Ιρανός (el) m (Iranós), Ιρανή (el) f (Iraní)
• Hebrew: אִירָאנִי (irani), אִירָאנִית f (iranít)
• Hindi: ईरानी (hi) m or f (īrānī)
• Hungarian: iráni (hu)
• Icelandic: Írani m
• Italian: iraniano (it) m, iraniana (it) f
• Japanese: イラン人 (イランじん, iranjin)
• Kazakh: ирандық (irandyq)
• Korean: 이란인 (iranin), 이란 사람 (iran saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێرانی (êranî)

  Northern Kurdish: îranî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: ирандык (irandık)
• Latvian: irānietis m, irāniete f
• Lezgi: иранви (iranvi)
• Lithuanian: iraniẽtis (lt) m, iraniẽtė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Иранец m (Iranec), Иранка f (Iranka)
• Marathi: इराणी (irāṇī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iraner m

  Nynorsk: iranar (nn) m

• Ossetian: ирайнаг (irajnag)
• Pashto: ايراني m or f (irāni)
• Persian: ایرانی (fa) (irâni), ایرونی (iruni) (colloquial, Tehran)
• Polish: Irańczyk (pl) m, Iranka (pl) f
• Portuguese: iraniano (pt) m
• Romanian: iranian (ro) m, iraniană (ro) f
• Russian: ира́нец (ru) m (iránec), ира́нка (ru) f (iránka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ира́нац m, Иранка f

  Roman: Iránac (sh) m, Iranka f

• Slovak: Iránčan m, Iránčanka f
• Slovene: Iranec m, Iranka f
• Spanish: iraní (es), iraniano m, iraniana f
• Swahili: Mwajemi
• Swedish: iranier (sv) c
• Tagalog: Irano, Iranyo
• Tajik: эронӣ (eroni)
• Turkish: İranlı (tr)
• Turkmen: eýranly
• Ukrainian: іра́нець m (iránecʹ), іра́нка f (iránka)
• Urdu: اِیرانِی m or f (īrānī)
• Uyghur: ئىرانلىق (iranliq)
• Uzbek: eronlik (uz), eroniy (uz)

See also

• Persian

Adjective

Iranian (not comparable)

2. (linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

   Synonym: Iranic

3. Of or related to Iran.
   • 2015 August 1, Alissa J. Rubin, “After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.

Derived terms

• Indo-Iranian
• Iranianise
• Iranianize
• Iranian wolf

 

Translations

pertaining to the Iranian languages or the Iranian peoples

• Afrikaans: Irans, Irannees
• Albanian: iranian
• Arabic: إِيرَانِيّ (ʔīrāniyy)
• Armenian: իրանական (hy) (iranakan)
• Azerbaijani: iranlı, iran
• Belarusian: іра́нскі (iránski)
• Bengali: ইরানী (bn) (irani)
• Bulgarian: ира́нски (iránski)
• Burmese: အီရန် (iran)
• Catalan: iranià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊朗的 (zh) (Yīlǎng de)

• Czech: íránský (cs), iránský
• Danish: iransk (da)
• Dutch: Iraans (nl)
• Estonian: iraani
• Finnish: iranilainen (fi)
• French: iranien (fr)
• Galician: iraniano
• Georgian: ირანული (iranuli)
• German: iranisch (de)
• Greek: ιρανικός (el) (iranikós)
• Hebrew: אִירָאנִי (irani)
• Hindi: ईरानी (hi) (īrānī)
• Hungarian: iráni (hu)
• Icelandic: íranskur m, íransk f, íranskt n
• Italian: iraniano (it)
• Japanese: イランの (ja) (Iran no)
• Kazakh: иран (iran), ирандық (irandyq)
• Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ង់ (km) (ʼiirɑng)
• Korean: 이란의 (ko) (Iran-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێرانی (êranî)

  Northern Kurdish: îranî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: иран (iran), ирандык (irandık)
• Lao: ອີລ່ານ (ʼī lān)
• Latin: iranicus
• Latvian: irāniešu, irānisks
• Lithuanian: iraniẽčių
• Macedonian: ирански (iranski)
• Mongolian: иран (iran)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iransk

  Nynorsk: iransk (nn)

• Ossetian: ирайнаг (irajnag)
• Pashto: ايراني (irāni)
• Persian: ایرانی (fa) (irâni), ایرونی (iruni) (colloquial, Tehran)
• Polish: irański (pl)
• Portuguese: iraniano (pt)
• Romanian: iranian (ro)
• Russian: ира́нский (ru) (iránskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝра̄нскӣ

  Roman: ìrānskī (sh)

• Slovak: iránsky (sk)
• Slovene: iranski (sl)
• Spanish: iraní (es)
• Swahili: Kiajemi (sw)
• Swedish: iransk (sv)
• Tajik: эронӣ (eroni)
• Thai: อิหร่าน (th) (ì-ràan)
• Turkish: İranlı (tr)
• Turkmen: eýran, iran
• Ukrainian: іра́нський (iránsʹkyj)
• Urdu: اِیرانِی (īrānī)
• Uyghur: ئىران (iran)
• Uzbek: eron
• Vietnamese: Y Lãng, I-ran
• Welsh: Persiaidd m or f, Iranaidd m or f
• Yiddish: איראַניש (iranish)

Proper noun

Iranian

1. (nonstandard) Persian (the language).