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Persian
- ایرون (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “ of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates.
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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ērān, īrān
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Dari reading?
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ērān, īrān
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Iranian reading?
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irân
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Tajik reading?
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eron
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Proper noun
Dari
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ایران
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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Эрон
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ایران • (irân)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East); (historically) Persia
- Synonym: (official) جُمْهوریِ اِسْلامیِ ایران (jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân)
c. 1032, گردیزی [Gardēzī], زینالاخبار [Zaynu-l-axbār]:میان ایران و توران تعصب و فتنه افتاد تا بدین غایت هنوز اندر آنند.- miyān-i ērān u tūrān ta'assub u fitna uftād tā badīn ğāyat hanūz andar ān-and.
- There has been intolerance and strife between Iran and Turan to the point that they are still engaged in it to this moment.
1600s, اشرف مازندرانی [Ašraf Māzandārānī], edited by احمد گلچین معانی [Ahmad Golčin-e Ma'âni], کاروان هند [kārwān-i hind], volume 1, India, published 1970, page 71:گر به صد زحمت من از هندوستان آیم برون
خود بگو از عهدهی ایران چسان آیم برون- gar ba sad zahmat man az hindūstān āyam birawan
xwad bugō az uhda-yi ērān čisān āyam birawan - If, by a hundred efforts, I should leave Hindustan
Tell me, how should I ever leave my duty to Iran?
1923, اقبال لاهوری [Muhammad Iqbal], پیام مشرق [Message from the East]:سکندر رفت و شمشیر و علم رفت
خراج شهر و گنج کان و یم رفت
امم را از شهان پاینده تر دان
نمی بینی که ایران ماند و جم رفت- sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
xarâj-e šahr o ganj-e kân o yam raft
omam râ az šahân pâyande-tar dân
ne-mi-bini ke irân mânad o jam raft - Alexander is gone, with his sword and his banner,
His cities' revenues and his treasures from mines and seas are gone.
Know that nations are more lasting than kings;
Do you not see that Iran remains, while Jamshid is gone?
- a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian
Usage notes
- The female given name does not change its ending in the colloquial register.
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyr ʾn /ērān/).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اِیران • (īrān) m (Hindi spelling ईरान)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
See also
References
- “ایران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.