English
Iranophilia
From Iran + -o- + -philia.
Formed from Iran + -o- + -philia
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
noun A love or admiration of Iranian culture, or aspects of it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Iranophilia