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Adjective: Iranian  i'rey-nee-un or i'raa-nee-un
  1. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
    "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"
    - Persian
Noun: Iranian  i'rey-nee-un or i'raa-nee-un
  1. A native or inhabitant of Iran
    "the majority of Iranian are Persian Shiite Muslims"
    - Irani, Persian
     
  2. The modern Persian language spoken in Iran
    - Iranian language

Derived forms: Iranians

See also: Iran

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language

Part of: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia

Encyclopedia: Iranian