IRANIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iranian mean? 

• IRANIAN (noun)
  The noun IRANIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Iran

2. the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

  Familiarity information: IRANIAN used as a noun is rare.

• IRANIAN (adjective)
  The adjective IRANIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: IRANIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRANIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Irani; Iranian; Persian

Context example:

the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims

Hypernyms ("Iranian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iranian"):

Farsi (a person of Iranian descent)

Instance hyponyms:

Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes I (king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC))

Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes II (king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC))

Holonyms ("Iranian" is a member of...):

Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

Derivation:

Iranian (of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The modern Persian language spoken in Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Iranian; Iranian language

Hypernyms ("Iranian" is a kind of...):

Indo-Iranian; Indo-Iranian language (the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Iranian"):

Avestan; Zend; Gathic (an ancient Iranian language)

Farsi; Persian (the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms)

Dari; Dari Persian (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan)

Tadzhik; Tajik; Tajiki (the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan)

Kurdish (an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia)

Balochi; Baluchi (an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf)

Pahlavi; Pehlevi (the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries)

Afghan; Afghani; Pashto; Pashtu; Paxto (an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan)

Ossete (a northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia)

Scythian (the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians)

Derivation:

Iranian (of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture)

• IRANIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Iranian; Persian

Context example:

Iranian security police

Pertainym:

Iran (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

Derivation:

Iran (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)

Iranian (the modern Persian language spoken in Iran)

Iranian (a native or inhabitant of Iran)

 Context examples 

The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) has been nearly eliminated in Asia; under 50 Iranian cheetahs remain.

(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)