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I⋅ra⋅ni⋅an

[i-rey-nee-uhn, i-rah-, ahy-rey-]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Iran, its inhabitants, or their language.
2. of or pertaining to the Iranian languages.
–noun
3. a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
4. an inhabitant of Iran; Persian.
Also, I⋅ra⋅ni [i-ran-ee, i-rah-nee, ahy-rey-] (for defs. 1, 4).


Origin:
1835–45; Iran + -ian
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irani

noun
a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims" 
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