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Definition of Iranian language
1. Noun. The modern Persian language spoken in Iran.
Generic synonyms: Indo-iranian, Indo-iranian Language
Specialized synonyms: Avestan, Zend, Gathic, Farsi, Persian, Dari, Dari Persian, Tadzhik, Tajik, Tajiki, Kurdish, Balochi, Baluchi, Pahlavi, Pehlevi, Afghan, Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto, Ossete, Scythian
Derivative terms: Iranian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iranian Language
Literary usage of Iranian language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1905)
"The Persian language; and its connection with the older Iranian language. BYj.
... Iranian language ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"Blau believes Albanian to be an Iranian language. But, even if this were so, it
is a corrupt, and vitiated modern form, full of foreign elements, ..."
4. Three Linguistic Dissertations: Read at the Meeting of the British by Chevalier Bunsen, Charles Meyer, Max Müller (1848)
"Assyria, as regards its most essential and primitive region, is represented by
modern Kurdistan ; and the Kurds speak an Iranian language. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"Assyria, as regards its most essential and primitive region, is represented by
modern Kurdistan ; and the Kurds speak an Iranian language. ..."
6. The Treasure of the Magi: A Study of Modern Zoroastrianism by James Hope Moulton (1917)
"Iranian language is exceedingly close to the Sanskritic Indian. ... One other
ancient Iranian language demands mention here, besides the two dialects, ..."
7. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1905)
"The Persian language; and its connection with the older Iranian language. BYj.
... Iranian language ..."
8. 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 ..."
9. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"Blau believes Albanian to be an Iranian language. But, even if this were so, it
is a corrupt, and vitiated modern form, full of foreign elements, ..."
10. Three Linguistic Dissertations: Read at the Meeting of the British by Chevalier Bunsen, Charles Meyer, Max Müller (1848)
"Assyria, as regards its most essential and primitive region, is represented by
modern Kurdistan ; and the Kurds speak an Iranian language. ..."
11. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"Assyria, as regards its most essential and primitive region, is represented by
modern Kurdistan ; and the Kurds speak an Iranian language. ..."
12. The Treasure of the Magi: A Study of Modern Zoroastrianism by James Hope Moulton (1917)
"Iranian language is exceedingly close to the Sanskritic Indian. ... One other
ancient Iranian language demands mention here, besides the two dialects, ..."
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