Iranian

PluralIranians

1. 1
   adjective

   Belonging to or coming from the country of Iran.

   The Iranian flag has green, white, and red stripes.

   We ate at a small Iranian restaurant downtown.

   SimilarPersian

2. 2
   nouncountable

   Someone who comes from Iran or whose family comes from Iran.

   My neighbor is an Iranian who moved here ten years ago.

   The Iranians in our class organized a food festival.

   SimilarPersian

3. 3
   adjective

   Belonging to the family of languages that includes Persian and Pashto, or to the people who speak them.

   Like cousins in one big family, these languages all come from the same older language.

   Persian is an Iranian language spoken by millions of people.

   Many Iranian languages share similar word roots.

   SimilarIranic

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4. 4
   proper nounnonstandard

   The main language of Iran, also called Persian or Farsi.

   She speaks Iranian fluently and helped translate the letter.

   The signs at the airport were written in Iranian and English.

   SimilarPersian, Farsi

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