English
Iranosphere
From Iran + -o- + -sphere, modeled on terms such as Anglosphere and Sinosphere.
Formed from Iran + -o- + -sphere
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
name The cultural and civilizational sphere historically influenced by Iranian peoples, Iranian languages, and Persianate political and literary traditions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Iranosphere