English
Iranist
From Iran + -ist.
Formed from Iran + -ist
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas ‘autonymic ethnonym of the respective…’
…
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
noun One who studies the history and culture of Iran.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Iranist