𐭠𐭩𐭫

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

[Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ʾyly /ēr/)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 (ariya, “Iranian”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (compare Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭉‎ (ary)).

Adjective

𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyr /ēr/)

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

Antonyms

𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥‎ (anēr-), "non-Iranian"

Derived terms

𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ērān), "of, or pertaining to, Iranians"

Noun

𐭠𐭩𐭫 • (ʾyr /ēr/)

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"

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