Iran

== English == === Alternative forms === Irân, Irān, Îrân, Īrān (all rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”), which see for word formation, further etymology and cognates. The name of the political entity is a 3rd-century development that derives from the indigenous ethnolinguistic name of the Iranian peoples, i.e. the great variety of Iranian tribes that spoke an Iranian language. Doublet of Arya and Aryan. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑːn/, /ɪˈɹæn/, /iːɹɑːn/, /iːɹæn/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑːn/, /ɪˈɹan/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑn/, /ɪˈɹæn/, /iɹɑn/, /iɹæn/, /aɪˈɹæn/ (Australia) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɐːn/, /ɪˈɹæn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈɹɐːn/, /əˈɹɛn/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪˈɾan/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ɪˈɾaːn/, /ɪˈɾan/ enPR: ĭ-răn′, ĭ-rän′, ē-răn′, ē-rän′ Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn === Proper noun === Iran A country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran. ca. 1675, Jean Chardin (Sir John Chardin), Travels in Persia, 1673-1677, fasc. reprint 1988, Dover, page 126: "The Persians, in naming their country, make use of one word, which they indifferently pronounce Iroun, and Iran." (literary, technical) The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples. 1882, James Darmesteter, The Zend-Avesta, volume 1 (SBE, volume 31), Oxford UP, page 7, xxviii: "Kavi means a king, but it is particularly used of the kings belonging to the second and most celebrated of the two mythical dynasties of Iran." "One certain fact is the occurrence of geographical names [Bactria, Sogdiana, etc] in Vendidad I, which are obviously intended to describe the earliest homes of the Iranian races whose lore was the Avesta." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Iranian ==== Translations ==== === See also === Persia (archaic exonym) === References === === Anagrams === Rina, rani, Nair, rain, ARNI, Rain, arni, NIRA, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Rani, Arin == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia; capital: Teheran) ==== Derived terms ==== Iraniër Irannees Irans == Albanian == === Proper noun === Iran m (definite Irani) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== iranian, iraniane == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iɾan/ [i.ɾãn] Rhymes: -iɾan, -an Hyphenation: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran inan Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Breton == === Etymology === Ultimately from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân). === Proper noun === Iran ? Iran (a country in West Asia) == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [iˈɾan] Rhymes: -an === Proper noun === Iran m Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Usage notes ==== Catalan uses the definite article l’ in front of Iran, but not in enumerations (such as "Canada, China and Iran are big countries.") ==== Derived terms ==== iranià == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Iran, from Iranian Persian ایران (irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈran/ Rhymes: -an Hyphenation: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Danish == === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== iraner iransk == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈrɑn/, (somewhat dated) /iˈraːn/, (dated) /ˈiː.rɑn/ Hyphenation: Iran === Proper noun === Iran n Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== Iraans, Iraanse Iraniër === See also === Perzisch (archaic exonym) == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiːɹan/ Homophone: iðran === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== iranskur === Anagrams === Arni Rani == Finnish == === Etymology === From Persian ایران. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈirɑn/, [ˈirɑ̝n] Rhymes: -irɑn Syllabification(key): I‧ran Hyphenation(key): I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Arin, arin == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ʁɑ̃/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ === Proper noun === Iran m Iran (a country in West Asia; official name: République islamique d'Iran) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === persan, Persan, Persane (archaic exonyms) Perse (archaic exonym) === See also === == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈʁaːn/ Rhymes: -aːn === Proper noun === Iran n (proper noun, genitive Irans or (optionally with an article) Iran) or Iran m (proper noun, strong, genitive Irans or Iran) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Usage notes ==== The word is sometimes used without a definite article as in English: Iran, in Iran. In this case, the genitive is always Irans, for example Irans Hauptstadt – "Iran's capital". More commonly, however, the definite article is used with the name: der Iran, im Iran. In this case, the genitive usually is des Iran, although des Irans is also correct: die Hauptstadt des Iran(s) – "the capital of Iran". ==== Derived terms ==== Iraner iranisch ==== Related terms ==== Iranier === See also === Persien === Further reading === “Iran”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Persian ایران (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates. Doublet of aria, arya, Arya, and ayah. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈiran/ [ˈi.ran] Rhymes: -iran Syllabification: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) === See also === === Further reading === “Iran”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.ran/, (traditional) /iˈran/ Rhymes: -iran, (traditional) -an Hyphenation: Ì‧ran, (traditional) I‧ràn === Proper noun === Iran m Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== iraniano iranico iranista === See also === Persia (archaic exonym) === References === === Anagrams === Rina, nari == Japanese == === Romanization === Iran Rōmaji transcription of イラン == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Iran. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈiran/ [ˈʔi.ran] Rhymes: -ran, -an Hyphenation: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== See also ==== == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈraːn/ Rhymes: -aːn === Proper noun === L-Iran m Iran (a country in West Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== iraner iransk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Iran Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Related terms ==== iranar iransk == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.ran/ Rhymes: -iran Syllabification: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran m inan (related adjective irański) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Modern Standard Polish: “Iran”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Iran”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “Iran”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[5], 4. online edition, Warszawa == Romanian == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Iran n Iran (a country in West Asia) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǐraːn/ Hyphenation: I‧ran === Proper noun === Ìrān m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ѝра̄н, relational adjective ìrānskī, demonym Iránac, female demonym Ìrānka) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /irân/ === Proper noun === Irân m inan Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Iránec / Iránka iránski === Further reading === “Iran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Iran”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Iran n (genitive Irans) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== iranier iransk iranska ==== See also ==== === References === “Iran”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH === Anagrams === inar, rian == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Irán (“Iran”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiˈɾan/ [ʔɪˈɾan̪] Rhymes: -an Syllabification: I‧ran === Proper noun === Irán (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜈ᜔) Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Coordinate terms ==== == Welsh == === Etymology === Ultimately from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈran/ Rhymes: -an Hyphenation: I‧ran === Proper noun === Iran f Iran (a country in West Asia) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Gweriniaeth Islamaidd Iran (“Islamic Republic of Iran”) === Mutation ===