Where does “ایرانی” come from?
ایرانی (Persian) comes from Persian ایران, 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...
ایرانی (Persian): Iranian; Iranian, Iranic
Ancestry of “ایرانی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | ایران | — |
| 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... |
Words derived from “ایرانی”