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Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (ariya, “Iranian”), from Proto-Iranian *Áryah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (compare Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭉 (ary)).
Adjective
𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyl /ēr/)
- Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator of speakers of Iranian languages
Antonyms
- 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥 (ʾnyr /anēr-/), "non-Iranian"
Derived terms
- 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyrʾn /ērān/), "of, or pertaining to, Iranians"
Noun
𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyl /ēr/)
- substantivized adjective, hence ethnonym, i.e. an Iranian
Antonyms
- 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥 (anēr-), a non-Iranian
Derived terms
- 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (Ērān), "(land) of Iranians" > Iran
- 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (Ērānšahr), "kingdom ruled by Iranians"