English
Irani
Irani comes from Iranian Persian ایرانی.
- Iranian Persianmodernایرانیirâni
- EnglishtodayIrani
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Iranian Persianmodernایرانیirâni
- EnglishtodayIrani
A compound of Iran + -i
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas ‘autonymic ethnonym of the respective…’
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Old Persian Old Persian form ‘Iranian’
Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 ‘Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator…’
Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 ‘of the Aryans’
Classical Persian ایران
English Iran
Every English word from Iranian Persian ایرانی
Today it means
adj relative to Iran and its people
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Iranian Persian ایرانی / Irani