𐭠𐭩𐭫

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭩 (ʾyly /⁠ēr⁠/)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y /⁠Aryaʰ⁠/, “Iranian”), from Proto-Iranian *Áryah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (compare Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭉 (ary)). Compare Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble”).

Adjective

𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyl /ēr/)

1. Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator of speakers of Iranian languages

Antonyms

• 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥 (ʾnyr /⁠anēr-⁠/), "non-Iranian"

Derived terms

• 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyrʾn /⁠ērān⁠/), "of, or pertaining to, Iranians"

Noun

𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyl /ēr/)

1. substantivized adjective, hence ethnonym, i.e. an Iranian

Antonyms

• 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥 (anēr-), a non-Iranian

Derived terms

• 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (Ērān), "(land) of Iranians" > Iran
• 𐭠𐭩𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (Ērānšahr), "kingdom ruled by Iranians"

Descendants

• Classical Persian: ایر (ēr)