Iranian

From Iran +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/, /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/, /iˈɹɑːni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən, -ɑːniən

Iranian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
   • 2015 August 1, Alissa J. Rubin, “After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology.

   • 2025 June 13, Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, “Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 June 2025:

     Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.

3. (linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

   Synonym: Iranic

Iranian (plural Iranians)

1. A person from Iran.
   • 2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 September 2022:

     In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement.

2. (linguistics) A person of a diverse ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranian languages and shares descent from the Proto-Iranians.

Iranian

1. (nonstandard) Persian (the language).

• Persian