ایران

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iran" and إيران

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Alternative forms

ایرون (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “ of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): ,

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): ,
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): ,
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): ,

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	ērān, īrān
Dari reading^?	ērān, īrān
Iranian reading^?	irân
Tajik reading^?	eron

Audio (Iran): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn, (Tehrani) -uːn

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	ایران
Dari	ایران
Tajik	Эрон

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.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
- 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?
  (Classical Persian Transliteration)
- 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?
  (Modern Iranian Persian Transliteration)
a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian