Irani

I1R1A1N1I1

adjective

relative to Iran and its people

Similar
person from IranIranianPersian
OriginUrdu ـی (-ī) ← Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ← Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ. →
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Meanings

adjectiveIrani (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparablerelative to Iran and its people
nounIrani (plural Iranis)

plural Iranis

  1. nonstandarda person from Iran or of Iranian heritage
  2. A member of the smaller of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
person from Iran

nouna native or inhabitant of Iran

Similar
IranianPersian
Broader
AsianAsiatic
Also see
iranianpersian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*Áryas
  2. Proto-Iranian*Áryah
  3. Old Persian𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y)
  4. Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)
  5. Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn)
  6. Iranian Persianایران (Irân)
  7. EnglishIran
  8. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  9. Hebrew־י (-i)
  10. Middle Persianyḥ (īh)
  11. Middle Persianig
  12. Persianـی (-ī)
  13. Proto-Indo-Iranian*i-
  14. Classical Persianـِی (-ī)influ.
  15. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)influ.
  16. Urduـی (-ī)
  17. EnglishIrani

From Iran + -i. Derived from Iranian Persian ایرانی (irâni) (ērānī in classical Persian).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

IrinaINRIAinariirianRiinaNairi
Cite this entry
APA

Irani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irani

MLA

“Irani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irani. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Irani,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Irani.

Source: Irani on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.