English
Iranian
From Iran + -ian.
A compound of Iran + -ian
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
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Iranian