Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
a person from Iran or of Iranian heritage · A member of the smaller of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryrelative to Iran and its people
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas Proto-Iranian *Áryah Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y) Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl) Middle Persian -ān Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn) Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor. English Iran Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor. ▲ Proto-Semitic Hebrew ־י (-i)bor. Middle Persian yḥ (īh) Middle Persian ig Persian ـی (-ī)bor. Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas Sanskrit -ईय (-īya) Prakrit -इय (-iya) ▲ Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. ▲ Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ▲ Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ. Hindi -ई (-ī)bor. Urdu ـی (-ī)bor. English -i English Irani From Iran + -i. Derived from Iranian Persian ایرانی (irâni) (ērānī in classical Persian).
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