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Definition of: Iranian
(ī·rā′nē·ən) adjective
Belonging or relating to Iran or Persia.
—noun
1. A modern Persian.
2. A member of the ancient Persian or Iranian race.
3. A branch of the Indo–Iranian subfamily of Indo–European languages, embracing Afghan or Pushtu in the east and, in the west, Avestan, Old Persian, Middle Persian, Scythian, etc., modern Persian, Kurdish, and other ancient and modern tongues of Persia, Caucasia, etc.
—I·ran·ic (ī·ran′ik) adjective
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