Iran

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iran"

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Alternative forms

• Irân, Irān, Îrân, Īrān (all rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas

Proto-Iranian *Áryah

Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y)

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)

Middle Persian -ān

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn)

Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor.

English Iran

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/

  • Audio (Standard Southern British); /ɪˈɹɑːn/:

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑn/, /ɪˈɹæn/, /iɹɑn/, /iɹæn/, /aɪˈɹæn/

  • Audio (US); /ɪˈɹɑn/:

    (file)

  • Audio (US); /ɪˈɹɑn/:

    (file)

• (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

2. 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."

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 25:

     Light was happiness; and the people of Iran, the land of light, were the favourites of heaven; while those of Turan, the gloomy region beyond the mountains to the north, were its enemies.

   • 2005, Massoume Price, editor, Iran's Diverse Peoples, ABC-Clio, page xiii:

     "Iran is a vast and ancient country in a strategic location in the Middle East. It borders Russia, Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, the Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf."

   • 2019 June 26, Frederik Pleitgen, Eliza Mackintosh, “US is ‘not in a position to obliterate Iran,’ Iranian foreign minister says”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 February 2026:

     The US President himself accused Iran of being behind the provocation, threatening airstrikes on Iran last week – but calling them off just minutes before they were to begin.

3. (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."

   • 1898, A. V. W. Jackson, Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran, Macmillan, page 10:

     "Zoroaster of Iran. — Zoroaster, it is believed, sprang up in the seventh century before the Christian era, somewhere in the land between the Indus and the Tigris."

   • 1909, “Iran”, in John Huston Finley, editor, Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia, volume 6, page 479:

     "Iran. in early times, the name applied to the great Asiatic plateau which comprised the entire region from the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Russian Turkestan on the north to the Tigris, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea on the west and south, and extending to the Indus on the east, likewise comprising the modern Afghanistan and the territory to the north of it as far as the Jaxartes River."

   • 1985, J. M. Cooke, “The Rise of the Achaemenids”, in Cambridge Historiy of Iran, volume 2, page 290:

     "[W]e may surmise that there was a strong sense of Iranian unity lending solidarity to the eastern half of the empire. It is only in the generations after Alexander, in Eudemus and in Eratosthenes (ap. Strabo), that we find mention of the concept of a greater nation of Iran (Arianē) stretching from the Zagros to the Indus; but the sense of unity must have been there, for Herodotus tells us that the Medes were formerly called Arioi, and Darius I (followed by Xerxes) in his inscriptions proclaims himself an Iranian (Ariya) by race - he speaks of himself in ascending order as an Achaemenid, a Persian and an Iranian (Naqsh-i Rustam)."

   • 1990, Hubert Darke, “Cambridge History of Iran”, in Encyclopedia Iranica, volume 4, page 724:

     "[The] Cambridge History of Iran [is] a survey of the history and historical geography of the land which is present-day Iran, as well as other territories inhabited by peoples of Iranian descent."

Derived terms

• Greater Iran
• Imperial State of Iran
• Iranianization
• Iranianize
• Iranify
• Iranization
• Iranize
• Iranologist
• Iranology
• Iranophile
• Iranophobe
• Iranophone
• Pahlavian Iran
• Pahlavi Iran

Related terms

• Iranian

See also

• Persia (archaic exonym)

Translations

country in West Asia

• Abkhaz: Џьамтәыла (Džamtʷʼəla)
• Afrikaans: Iran
• Albanian: Iran m, Irani (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: የኢራን (yäʾiran), ኢራን (ʾiran)
• Antillean Creole: Iwan m
• Arabic: إِيرَان (ar) f (ʔīrān)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܪܵܢ (iran)

  Syriac: ܐܝܪܐܢ, ܐܝܖܐܢ (archaic)

• Armenian: Իրան (hy) (Iran)
• Assamese: ইৰান (iran)
• Asturian: Irán (ast)
• Avar: Ира́н (İrán)
• Azerbaijani: İran (az)
• Bashkir: Иран (Iran)
• Belarusian: Іра́н m (Irán)
• Bengali: ইরান (bn) (iran)
• Brahui: Írán
• Breton: Iran (br)
• Bulgarian: Ира́н (bg) m (Irán)
• Burmese: အီရန် (iran)
• Catalan: Iran (ca) m
• Chakma: 𑄄𑄢𑄚𑄴 (irān), 𑄃𑄨𑄢𑄚𑄴 (irān)
• Chechen: Иран (İran), Гӏажарийчоь (Ğažariı̇čö)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊朗 (ji¹ long⁵)

  Eastern Min: 伊朗 (Ĭ-lāng)

  Hakka: 伊朗 (Yî-lóng)

  Hokkien: 伊朗 (I-lang)

  Mandarin: 伊朗 (zh) (Yīlǎng)

  Wu: 伊朗 (¹i-laon₆)

• Circassian:

  East Circassian: Къажэрей (Qažɛrej)

  West Circassian: Иран (Jiran)

• Corsican: Iranu m, Iran m
• Crimean Tatar: İran
• Czech: Írán (cs) m
• Danish: Iran (da) n
• Dutch: Iran (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཨི་རཱན་ (i rān)
• Esperanto: Irano (eo)
• Estonian: Iraan (et)
• Faroese: Iran n
• Finnish: Iran (fi)
• French: Iran (fr) m
• Gagauz: İran
• Galician: Irán (gl) m
• Georgian: ირანი (ka) (irani)
• German: Iran (de) m
• Greek: Ιράν (el) n (Irán)
• Gujarati: ઈરાન (īrān)
• Hausa: Iran
• Hawaiian: ʻIlana
• Hebrew: אִירָאן (he) f (irán)
• Hindi: ईरान (hi) m (īrān), फारस (hi) m (phāras), पारस (hi) m (pāras)
• Hungarian: Irán (hu)
• Icelandic: Íran (is)
• Indonesian: Iran (id)
• Interlingua: Iran
• Irish: an Iaráin f
• Italian: Iran (it) m
• Japanese: イラン (ja) (Iran)
• Kalenjin: Iran
• Kalmyk: Хазлвш (Xazlvş)

  Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠴᠠᠯᡋᠠᠱ (xazalbaš)

• Kamba: Iran
• Kannada: ಇರಾನ್ (kn) (irān)
• Kashmiri: ایٖران (īrān)
• Kazakh: Иран (kk) (Iyran)
• Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ង់ (km) (ʼiirɑng)
• Kikuyu: Iran
• Korean: 이란 (ko) (Iran)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئێران (ckb) (êran)

  Northern Kurdish: Îran (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Иран (ky) (İran), Эрен (Eren)
• Lao: ອີລ່ານ (ʼī lān), ອີຣານ (ʼī rān)
• Latgalian: Irans m
• Latin: Irania f
• Latvian: Irāna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Iranas (lt) m
• Luhya: Iran
• Macedonian: Иран (mk) m (Iran)
• Malay: Iran (ms)
• Malayalam: ഇറാൻ (ml) (iṟāṉ)
• Maltese: l-Iran (mt) m
• Māori: Īrāna
• Marathi: इराण (irāṇ)
• Mazanderani: ایران (iran)
• Meru: Iran
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Иран (mn) (Iran)

  Mongolian script: ᠢᠷᠠᠨ (iran)

• Navajo: Iiwą́ą́
• Nepali: इरान (irān)
• Norman: Iraun m, Iran m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Iran (no)

  Nynorsk: Iran (nn)

• Odia: ଇରାନ (irāna)
• Ossetian: Иран (Iran)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍 (aryān)
• Pashto: ايران m (irān)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: ایرَان (ērān), اِیرَان (īrān)

  Dari: ایرَان (ērān)

  Iranian Persian: ایران (fa) (irân)

  Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ērān), 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (ʾyʿʾnštʿy)

• Polish: Iran (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Irã (pt) m

  European Portuguese: Irão (pt) m

• Punjabi: ਇਰਾਨ (irān)

  Western Punjabi: ایران (pnb)

• Romanian: Iran (ro) n
• Russian: Ира́н (ru) m (Irán)
• Sanskrit: ईरान (īrāna)
• Santali: ᱤᱨᱟᱱ (iran)
• Sardinian: Iran m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѝра̄н m

  Latin: Ìrān (sh) m

• Shan: ဢီႊရၼ်ႊ (ʼi᷈i ra᷈n)
• Sindhi: ايران (āerā̃)
• Sinhalese: ඉරානය (irānaya)
• Slovak: Irán (sk) m
• Slovene: Iran (sl) m
• Spanish: Irán (es) m
• Swahili: Uajemi
• Swedish: Iran (sv) n
• Tagalog: Iran
• Tajik: Эрон (tg) (Eron), Ирон (Iron)
• Tamil: இரான் (irāṉ), ஈரான் (īrāṉ)
• Tatar: Иран (İran)
• Telugu: ఇరాన్ (te) (irān)
• Thai: อิหร่าน (th) (ì-ràan)
• Tibetan: ཡི་ལང (yi lang)
• Tigrinya: ኢራን (ʾiran)
• Turkish: İran (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ایران (İran)

• Turkmen: Eýran
• Ukrainian: Іра́н (uk) m (Irán)
• Urdu: اِیران m (īrān)
• Uyghur: ئىران (iran)
• Uzbek: Eron (uz)
• Vietnamese: Y Lãng, I-ran, Ba Tư (波斯 (vi)) (dated)
• Volapük: Lirän (vo)
• Yiddish: איראַן (iran)
• Yoruba: Ìráànì

Persia — see Persia

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Egypt
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Anagrams

• Rina, rani, Nair, rain, ARNI, Rain, arni, NIRA, Rian, ARIN, airn, RNAi, Rani, Arin

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia; capital: Teheran)

Derived terms

• Iraniër
• Irannees
• Irans

Albanian

Proper noun

Iran m (definite Irani)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

Declension of Iran

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Iran	Irani
accusative		Iranin
dative/ablative	Irani	Iranit

Derived terms

• iranian, iraniane

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾan/ [i.ɾãn]
• Rhymes: -iɾan, -an
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran inan

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

Declension of Iran (inan C-stem)

	indefinite
absolutive	Iran
ergative	Iranek
dative	Irani
genitive	Iranen
comitative	Iranekin
causative	Iranengatik
benefactive	Iranentzat
instrumental	Iranez
inessive	Iranen
locative	Irango, Iraneko
allative	Iranera
terminative	Iraneraino
directive	Iranerantz
destinative	Iranerako
ablative	Irandik, Iranetik
partitive	Iranik
prolative	Irantzat

Derived terms

• irandar (“Iranian”)
• Irango Islamiar Errepublika (“Islamic Republic of Iran”)

Related terms

• iraniar (“Iranian”)

See also

countries in Asia: Asiako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Arabiar Emirerri Batuak
• Armenia
• Azerbaidjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Birmania
• Brunei
• Ekialdeko Timor
• Errusia
• Filipinak
• Georgia
• Hego Korea
• India
• Indonesia
• Ipar Korea
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japonia
• Jordania
• Kanbodia
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano
• Malaysia
• Maldivas
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapur
• Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tadjikistan
• Taiwan
• Thailandia
• Turkia
• Turkmenistan
• Txina
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zipre

Breton

Etymology

Ultimately from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân).

Proper noun

Iran ?

2. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [iˈɾan]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Iran m

1. 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

1. 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

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: powyow Asi (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• an Maldivys
• Arabi an Saud
• Armeni
• Azerbayjan
• Baghreyn
• Bangladesh
• Boutan
• Brunei
• Byrmani
• China
• Emireythow Unys Arabek
• Enesow Felyp
• Eynda
• Indonesi
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan, Nihon
• Jordan
• Jorji
• Kambodi
• Katar
• Kazakstan
• Korea Dhyghow
• Korea Gledh
• Kuweyt
• Kyprus
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysi
• Mongoli
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestin
• Pow Tay
• Russi
• Singapor
• Sri Lanka
• Syri
• Tajikistan
• Taywan
• Timor Est
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Related terms

• iranek (“Iranian”, adjective)

Danish

Proper noun

Iran

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Iran

Proper noun

Iran n

1. 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

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Iran
accusative	Iran
dative	Irani
genitive	Irans

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

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Iran (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Iran	—
genitive		Iranin	—
partitive		Irania	—
illative		Iraniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Iran	—
accusative	nom.	Iran	—
	gen.	Iranin
genitive		Iranin	—
partitive		Irania	—
inessive		Iranissa	—
elative		Iranista	—
illative		Iraniin	—
adessive		Iranilla	—
ablative		Iranilta	—
allative		Iranille	—
essive		Iranina	—
translative		Iraniksi	—
abessive		Iranitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Iran (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Iranini — accusative nom. Iranini — gen. Iranini genitive Iranini — partitive Iraniani — inessive Iranissani — elative Iranistani — illative Iraniini — adessive Iranillani — ablative Iraniltani — allative Iranilleni — essive Iraninani — translative Iranikseni — abessive Iranittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Iranisi — accusative nom. Iranisi — gen. Iranisi genitive Iranisi — partitive Iraniasi — inessive Iranissasi — elative Iranistasi — illative Iraniisi — adessive Iranillasi — ablative Iraniltasi — allative Iranillesi — essive Iraninasi — translative Iraniksesi — abessive Iranittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Iranimme — accusative nom. Iranimme — gen. Iranimme genitive Iranimme — partitive Iraniamme — inessive Iranissamme — elative Iranistamme — illative Iraniimme — adessive Iranillamme — ablative Iraniltamme — allative Iranillemme — essive Iraninamme — translative Iraniksemme — abessive Iranittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Iraninne — accusative nom. Iraninne — gen. Iraninne genitive Iraninne — partitive Iranianne — inessive Iranissanne — elative Iranistanne — illative Iraniinne — adessive Iranillanne — ablative Iraniltanne — allative Iranillenne — essive Iraninanne — translative Iraniksenne — abessive Iranittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Iraninsa — accusative nom. Iraninsa — gen. Iraninsa genitive Iraninsa — partitive Iraniaan Iraniansa — inessive Iranissaan Iranissansa — elative Iranistaan Iranistansa — illative Iraniinsa — adessive Iranillaan Iranillansa — ablative Iraniltaan Iraniltansa — allative Iranilleen Iranillensa — essive Iraninaan Iraninansa — translative Iranikseen Iraniksensa — abessive Iranittaan Iranittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• iranilainen

compounds

• iraninmyyrä
• iraninruohomyyrä

Anagrams

• Arin, arin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France):

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia; official name: République islamique d'Iran)

Derived terms

• iranien (“Iranian”, adjective)
• Iranien, Iranienne (“Iranian”, nouns)
• iraniser (“to Iranianize”)
  • iranisation (“Iranianization”)
• iranité (“Iranianness”)

See also

• persan, Persan, Persane (archaic exonyms)
• Perse (archaic exonym)

See also

countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arabie saoudite
• Arménie
• Azerbaïdjan
• Bahreïn
• Bangladesh
• Bhoutan
• Birmanie
• Brunei
• Cambodge
• Chine
• Chypre
• Corée du Nord
• Corée du Sud
• Émirats arabes unis
• Géorgie
• Inde
• Indonésie
• Irak
• Iran
• Israël
• Japon
• Jordanie
• Kazakhstan
• Kirghizistan
• Koweït
• Laos
• Liban
• Malaisie
• Maldives
• Mongolie
• Népal
• Oman
• Ouzbékistan
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russie
• Singapour
• Sri Lanka
• Syrie
• Tadjikistan
• Thaïlande
• Timor oriental
• Turkménistan
• Turquie
• Vietnam
• Yémen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈʁaːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• 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)

1. 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

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Arab Saudi
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Filipina
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jepang
• Kamboja
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgizstan
• Korea Selatan
• Korea Utara
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Maladewa
• Malaysia
• Mesir
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Qatar
• Rusia
• Singapura
• Siprus
• Sri Lanka
• Suriah
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Tiongkok
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uni Emirat Arab
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yaman
• Yordania

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

1. 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

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Related terms

• iraniano
• iranico
• iranista

See also

• Persia (archaic exonym)

Anagrams

• Rina, nari

Japanese

Romanization

Iran

1. Rōmaji transcription of イラン

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English Iran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiran/ [ˈʔi.ran]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ran, -an
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

See also

countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Arab Saudi
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• China
• Cyprus
• Emiriah Arab Bersatu
• Filipina
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jepun
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kemboja
• Korea Selatan
• Korea Utara
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lubnan
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mesir
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestin
• Qatar
• Rusia
• Singapura
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Turki
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yaman

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈraːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

L-Iran m

1. Iran (a country in West Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Related terms

• iraner
• iransk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Iran

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Related terms

• iranar
• iransk

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas

Proto-Iranian *Áryah

Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (a-r-i-y)

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ʾyl)

Middle Persian -ān

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyʿʾn)

Iranian Persian ایران (Irân)bor.

Polish Iran

Borrowed from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ran/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iran
• Syllabification: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran m inan (related adjective irański)

2. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

Declension of Iran

	singular
nominative	Iran
genitive	Iranu
dative	Iranowi
accusative	Iran
instrumental	Iranem
locative	Iranie
vocative	Iranie

Derived terms

nouns

• Irańczyk m pers, Iranka f

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Iran n

1. 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)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

Declension of Iran

	singular
nominative	Ìrān
genitive	Irána
dative	Iranu
accusative	Iran
vocative	Irane
locative	Iranu
instrumental	Iranom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irân/

Proper noun

Irân m inan

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Irân
genitive	Irâna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Irân
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Irâna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Irânu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Irân
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Irânu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Irânom

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Iran n (genitive Irans)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Derived terms

• iranier
• iransk
• iranska

See also

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenien
• Azerbajdzjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cypern
• Filippinerna
• Förenade arabemiraten
• Georgien
• Indien
• Indonesien
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Jemen
• Jordanien
• Kambodja
• Kazakstan
• Kina
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Malaysia
• Maldiverna
• Mongoliet
• Nepal
• Nordkorea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Ryssland
• Saudiarabien
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sydkorea
• Syrien
• Tadzjikistan
• Thailand
• Turkiet
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Östtimor

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)

1. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

• Apganistan
• Armenya ~ Armenia
• Aserbayan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Biyetnam
• Brunei ~ Brunay
• Ehipto
• Emiratos Arabes Unidos
• Hapon
• Heorhiya
• Hilagang Korea
• Indiya
• Indonesya ~ Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kambodya
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano, Lebanon
• Malasya, Malaysia
• Maldibas, Maldives
• Mongolya ~ Mongolia
• Myanmar, Birmanya
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Pilipinas
• Qatar
• Rusya
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapura
• Sirya ~ Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
• Taylandiya
• Taywan
• Timog Korea
• Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
• Tsina
• Tsipre
• Turkiya
• Turkmenistan
• Usbekistan
• Yemen

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Iranian Persian ایران (Irân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈran/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: I‧ran

Proper noun

Iran f

2. Iran (a country in West Asia)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit

• Affganistan
• Armenia
• Aserbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Bahrain
• Bhwtan
• Brwnei
• Cambodia
• Casachstan
• Catar
• Cirgistan
• Coweit
• Cyprus
• De Corea
• Dwyrain Timor
• Fietnam
• Georgia
• Gogledd Corea
• Gwlad Tai
• Gwlad yr Iorddonen
• Iemen
• India
• Indonesia
• Irac
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Laos
• Libanus
• Maldives
• Maleisia
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pacistan
• Palesteina
• Rwsia
• Sawdi Arabia
• Singapôr
• Sri Lanca
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajicistan
• Tsieina
• Twrci
• Tyrcmenistan
• Wsbecistan
• y Philipinau
• yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig

Derived terms

• Gweriniaeth Islamaidd Iran (“Islamic Republic of Iran”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iran

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Iran	unchanged	unchanged	Hiran

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.