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- Proto-Indo-Iranian*Áryas
- Proto-Iranian*Áryah
- Old Persian𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y)
- Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)
- Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn)
- Iranian Persianایران (Irân)
- EnglishIran
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Hebrew־י (-i)
- Middle Persianyḥ (īh)
- Middle Persianig
- Persianـی (-ī)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*i-
- Classical Persianـِی (-ī)influ.
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)influ.
- Urduـی (-ī)
- English todayIrani
From Iran + -i. Derived from Iranian Persian ایرانی (irâni) (ērānī in classical Persian).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.