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Iranian definition

Ira·nian (i rā′nē ən, -rä′-; occas. ī-)

adjective

  1. of Iran or its people, language, or culture
  2. of the Iranian branch of Indo-European

noun

  1. a member of the people of Iran; Persian
  2. the group of languages making up the Iranian branch, Indo-Iranian subfamily, of the Indo-European language family, including languages now spoken in the Plateau of Iran and a small area of the Caucasus: among the extant languages of the group are Farsi (Persian), Kurdish, and Pashto

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