ایران
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ایرون (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “[land] of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe.ɾɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ērān, īrān |
Dari reading? | ērān, īrān |
Iranian reading? | irân |
Tajik reading? | eron |
Proper noun
[edit]Dari | ایران |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Эрон |
ایران • (irân)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East); (historically) Persia
- Synonym: (official) جُمْهوریِ اِسْلامیِ ایران (jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân)
- 1600s, اشرف مازندرانی, edited by احمد گلچین معانی, کاروان هند, volume 1, India, published 1970, page 71:
- گر به صد زحمت من از هندوستان آیم برون
خود بگو از عهدهی ایران چسان آیم برون- gar ba sad zahmat man az hindūstān āyam birawan
xwad bugō az uhda-yi ērān čisān āyam birawan - If, by a hundred efforts, I should leave Hindustan
Tell me, how should I ever leave my duty to Iran?
- gar ba sad zahmat man az hindūstān āyam birawan
- 1923, اقبال لاهوری, پیام مشرق:
- سکندر رفت و شمشیر و علم رفت
خراج شهر و گنج کان و یم رفت
امم را از شهان پاینده تر دان
نمی بینی که ایران ماند و جم رفت- sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
xarâj-e šahr o ganj-e kân o yam raft
omam râ az šahân pâyande-tar dân
ne-mi-bini ke irân mânad o jam raft - Alexander is gone, with his sword and his banner,
His cities' revenues and his treasures from mines and seas are gone.
Know that nations are more lasting than kings;
Do you not see that Iran remains, while Jamshid is gone?
- sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
- a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian
Usage notes
[edit]- The female given name does not change its ending in the colloquial register.
Derived terms
[edit]- ایرانشهر (irânšahr)
- ایرانی (irâni)
- ایرانزمین (irân-zamin)
- ایرانویج (irân-vêj)
Urdu
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyr ʾn /ērān/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]اِیران • (īrān) m (Hindi spelling ईरान)
- Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)
Related terms
[edit]- ایرانی (īrānī, “Iranian”)
See also
[edit]- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) (Category: ur:Middle East)
References
[edit]- “ایران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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