Iranian means belonging or relating to Iran, or to its people or culture.
...an Iranian writer in her mid-forties.
2. countable noun
An Iranian is an Iranian citizen, or a person of Iranian origin.
Iranian in British English
(ɪˈreɪnɪən)
noun
1.
a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Iran
2.
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, divided into West Iranian (including Old Persian, Pahlavi, modern Persian, Kurdish, Baluchi, and Tajik) and East Iranian (including Avestan, Sogdian, Pashto, and Ossetic)
3. Also: Persian, Farsi
the modern Persian language
adjective
4.
relating to, denoting, or characteristic of Iran, its inhabitants, or their language; Persian
5.
belonging to or relating to the Iranian branch of Indo-European
Iranian in American English
(ɪˈreɪniən; ɪˈrɑniən; occas. aɪˈreɪniən)
adjective
1.
of Iran or its people, language, or culture
2.
of the Iranian branch of Indo-European
noun
3.
a member of the people of Iran; Persian
4.
the group of languages making up the Iranian branch, Indo-Iranian subfamily, of the Indo-European language family, including languages now spoken in the Plateau of Iran and a small area of the Caucasus: among the extant languages of the group are Farsi (Persian), Kurdish, and Pashto
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Iranian
British English: Iranian /ɪˈreɪnɪən/ ADJECTIVE
Iranian means belonging or relating to Iran, or to its people or culture.
...an Iranian writer in her mid-forties.
American English: Iranian
Arabic: إِيرَانِيٌّ
Brazilian Portuguese: iraniano
Chinese: 伊朗的
Croatian: iranski
Czech: íránský
Danish: iransk
Dutch: Iraans
European Spanish: iraní
Finnish: iranilainen adjektiivi
French: iranien
German: iranisch
Greek: ιρανικός
Italian: iraniano
Japanese: イランの
Korean: 이란의
Norwegian: iransk
Polish: irański
European Portuguese: iraniano
Romanian: iranian
Russian: иранский
Latin American Spanish: iraní
Swedish: iransk
Thai: เกี่ยวกับอิหร่าน
Turkish: İran
Ukrainian: іранський
Vietnamese: thuộc nước/người/tiếng Iran
British English: Iranian /ɪˈreɪnɪən/ NOUN
person An Iranian is an Iranian citizen, or a person of Iranian origin.