Definitions for "Iranian"
A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages, the modern version of which is called Farsi.
Linguistically, a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages, which in modern times includes Persian ( q.v.)--the most widely used--Pushtu, Kurdish ( q.v.) dialects, and Ossetic. In the Middle Iranian stage of the group's development (third century B.C. to tenth century A.D.), the chief languages were Parthian, Pahlavi (middle Persian), and Soghdian.
Same as Persian.
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pertaining
Of or pertaining to Iran.