/i ray"nee euhn, i rah"-, uy ray"-/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to Iran, its inhabitants, or their language.
2. of or pertaining to the Iranian languages.
n.
3. a subbranch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Persian, Pashto, Avestan, and Kurdish.
4. an inhabitant of Iran; Persian.
Also, Irani /i ran"ee, i rah"nee, uy ray"-/ (for defs. 1, 4).
[ 1835-45; IRAN + -IAN ]