Where does “ئێرانی” come from?
ئێرانی (Central Kurdish) comes from Central Kurdish ئێران, from Classical Persian ایران, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian Áryah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Áryas — autonymic ethnonym of the respective...
ئێرانی (Central Kurdish): Iranian
Ancestry of “ئێرانی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Central Kurdish | ئێران | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | ایران | — |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 | of the Iranians; of the Aryans; Aryans |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭫 | Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator of... |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 | Iranian |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | Áryah | Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Áryas | autonymic ethnonym of the respective... |