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IRANIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The modern Persian language spoken in Iran
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Iranian" is a kind of...):
Indo-Iranian; Indo-Iranian language (the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iranian"):
Avestan; Zend; Gathic (an ancient Iranian language)
Farsi; Persian (the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms)
Dari; Dari Persian (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan)
Tadzhik; Tajik; Tajiki (the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan)
Kurdish (an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia)
Balochi; Baluchi (an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf)
Pahlavi; Pehlevi (the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries)
Afghan; Afghani; Pashto; Pashtu; Paxto (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan)
Ossete (a northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia)
Scythian (the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians)
Derivation:
Iranian (of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Iran
Example:
the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims
Synonyms:
Irani; Iranian; Persian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Iranian" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iranian"):
Farsi (a person of Iranian descent)
Instance hyponyms:
Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes I (king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC))
Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes II (king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC))
Holonyms ("Iranian" is a member of...):
Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)
Derivation:
Iranian (of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
Example:
Iranian security police
Synonyms:
Iranian; Persian
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Iran (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)
Derivation:
Iran (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)
Iranian (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)
Iranian (a native or inhabitant of Iran)
