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Definition of Indo-Iranian language
1. Noun. The branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups.
Generic synonyms: Indo-european, Indo-european Language, Indo-hittite
Specialized synonyms: Indic, Indo-aryan, Iranian, Iranian Language
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indo-Iranian Language
Literary usage of Indo-Iranian language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The reconstructed Indo-Iranian language differs less from the language of the Veda
... This Indo-Iranian language, again, is part of the greater linguistic ..."
2. The Thinker: A Review of World-wide Christian Thought (1892)
"We start from the primitive Indo-Iranian language, the sister of Greek, Italic,
Germanic, Keltic, and the other branches of the Indo- European family. ..."
3. An Etymology of Latin and Greek by Charles Storrs Halsey (1889)
"... Indian languages had done from a common Indo-Iranian language. On the other
hand, the coloring of a into o had taken place later and separately in the ..."
4. An Etymology of Latin and Greek by Charles Storrs Halsey (1891)
"... as the Iranian and Indian languages had done from a common Indo-Iranian language.
On the other hand, the coloring of a into о had taken place later and ..."
5. The American Catalogue ... July 1, 1876-Dec. 31, 1910 by Lynds Eugene Jones, Richard Rogers Bowker, Augusta Isabella Appleton (1905)
"Individualization of lines in drawing. Aborn. F. 25 c. Fk. Aborn. INDO-CHINA.
See Asia. Indo-Iranian language. Gray. Indo-Iranian phonology, net, $3. ..."
6. Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples: A Manual of Comparative by Otto Schrader, Frank Byron Jevons (1890)
"... and for which there is not wanting expression in the original Indo-Iranian
language,* must have restricted the extent of pasturage necessary for nomad ..."
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