Iran

English

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Iran

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Alternative forms

• Irân, Irān, Îrân, Īrān (all rare)

Etymology

English Wikipedia has articles on:

Iran (word) and Aniran

Wikipedia Wikipedia

From Iranian Persian ایران (irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates. The name of the political entity is a 3rd-century development that derives from the indigenous ethnolinguistic name of the Iranian peoples, i.e. the great variety of Iranian tribes that spoke an Iranian language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːn/, /ɪˈɹæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːn/, /ɪˈɹæn/, /aɪˈɹæn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn

Proper noun

Iran

2. A country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.
   • ca. 1675, Jean Chardin (Sir John Chardin), Travels in Persia, 1673-1677, fasc. reprint 1988, Dover, page 126:

     "The Persians, in naming their country, make use of one word, which they indifferently pronounce Iroun, and Iran."

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 25:

     Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies.

   • 2005, Massoume Price, editor, Iran's Diverse Peoples, ABC-Clio, page xiii:

     "Iran is a vast and ancient country in a strategic location in the Middle East. It borders Russia, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, the Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf."

3. (literary, technical) regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.
   • 1882, James Darmesteter, The Zend-Avesta, volume 1 (SBE, volume 31), Oxford UP, page 7, xxviii:

     "Kavi means a king, but it is particularly used of the kings belonging to the second and most celebrated of the two mythical dynasties of Iran."

     "One certain fact is the occurrence of geographical names in Vendidad I, which are obviously intended to describe the earliest homes of the Iranian races whose lore was the Avesta."

   • 1898, A. V. W. Jackson, Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran, Macmillan, page 10:

     "Zoroaster of Iran. — Zoroaster, it is believed, sprang up in the seventh century before the Christian era, somewhere in the land between the Indus and the Tigris."

   • 1909, “Iran”, in John Huston Finley, editor, Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia, volume 6, page 479:

     "Iran. in early times, the name applied to the great Asiatic plateau which comprised the entire region from the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Russian Turkestan on the north to the Tigris, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea on the west and south, and extending to the Indus on the east, likewise comprising the modern Afghanistan and the territory to the north of it as far as the Jaxartes River."

   • 1985, J. M. Cooke, “The Rise of the Achaemenids”, in Cambridge Historiy of Iran, volume 2, page 290:

     "[W]e may surmise that there was a strong sense of Iranian unity lending solidarity to the eastern half of the empire. It is only in the generations after Alexander, in Eudemus and in Eratosthenes (ap. Strabo), that we find mention of the concept of a greater nation of Iran (Arianē) stretching from the Zagros to the Indus; but the sense of unity must have been there, for Herodotus tells us that the Medes were formerly called Arioi, and Darius I (followed by Xerxes) in his inscriptions proclaims himself an Iranian (Ariya) by race - he speaks of himself in ascending order as an Achaemenid, a Persian and an Iranian (Naqsh-i Rustam)."

   • 1990, Hubert Darke, “Cambridge History of Iran”, in Encyclopedia Iranica, volume 4, page 724:

     "[The] Cambridge History of Iran [is] a survey of the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as well as other territories inhabited by peoples of Iranian descent."

Derived terms

Related terms

• Iranian

Translations

See also

• Persia (archaic exonym)
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

References

Anagrams

• ARIN, Arin, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rani, Rian, Rina, arni, rain, rani

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Teheran)

Derived terms

• Iraniër
• Irannees
• Irans

Albanian

Albanian Wikipedia has an article on:

Irani

Wikipedia ^sq

Proper noun

Iran m (definite Irani)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Inflection

Derived terms

• iranian, iraniane

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾan/
• Rhymes: -iɾan
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran inan

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• (countries of Asia) Asiako herrialdeak; Afganistan, Arabiar Emirerri Batuak, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Birmania, Brunei, Ekialdeko Timor, Errusia, Filipinak, Georgia, Hego Korea, India, Indonesia, Ipar Korea, Iran, Irak, Israel, Japonia, Jordania, Kanbodia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Kuwait, Laos, Libano, Malaysia, Maldivas, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapur, Siria, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Thailandia, Turkia, Turkmenistan, Txina, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zipre,

Breton

Proper noun

Iran ?

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Usage notes

• Catalan uses the definite article l’ in front of Iran, but not in enumerations (such as "Canada, China and Iran are big countries.")

Derived terms

• iranià

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Danish

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• iraner
• iransk

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈrɑn/, (somewhat dated) /iˈraːn/, (dated) /ˈiː.rɑn/

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• Hyphenation: Iran

Proper noun

Iran n

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• Iraans, Iraanse
• Iraniër

See also

• Perzisch (archaic exonym)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɹan/
• Homophone: iðran

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Related terms

• iranskur

Anagrams

• Arni
• Rani

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Persian ایران.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈirɑn/,
• Rhymes: -irɑn
• Syllabification^(key): I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Arin, arin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; official name: République islamique d’Iran)

Related terms

• iranien, iranienne

See also

• persane (archaic exonym)
• Perse (archaic exonym)

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈʁaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Iran n (proper noun, genitive Irans or (optionally with an article) Iran)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Proper noun

Iran m (proper noun, strong, genitive Irans or Iran)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Usage notes

• The word is sometimes used without a definite article as in English: Iran, in Iran. In this case, the genitive is always Irans, for example Irans Hauptstadt – "Iran's capital".
• More commonly, however, the definite article is used with the name: der Iran, im Iran. In this case, the genitive usually is des Iran, although des Irans is also correct: die Hauptstadt des Iran(s) – "the capital of Iran".

Derived terms

• Iraner
• iranisch

Related terms

• Iranier

See also

• Persien

Further reading

• “Iran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates. Doublet of aria, arya, Arya, and ayah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

See also

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

Further reading

• “Iran” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ran/, (traditional) /iˈran/
• Rhymes: -iran, (traditional) -an
• Hyphenation: Ì‧ran, (traditional) I‧ràn

Proper noun

Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• iraniano
• iranico
• iranista

See also

• Persia (archaic exonym)

References

Anagrams

• Rina, nari

Japanese

Romanization

Iran

1. Rōmaji transcription of イラン

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈraːn/

Proper noun

L-Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• iraner
• iransk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• iranar
• iransk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ran/

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• Rhymes: -iran
• Syllabification: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• Iran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Iran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Iran n

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^sh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐraːn/
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Ìrān m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝра̄н)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Iran n (genitive Irans)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• iranier
• iransk

Anagrams

• inar, rian

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^tl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Irán (“Iran”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈɾan/,
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Irán (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜈ᜔)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Iran

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈran/
• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Iran f

1. Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Corea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrkmenistan, Wsbecistan

Derived terms

• Gweriniaeth Islamaidd Iran (“Islamic Republic of Iran”)

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