ایران

• ایرون‎ (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾērān, “[land] of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates.

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• Rhymes: -ân

ایران • (irân)

1. Iran (a country in Western Asia); (historically) Persia

   Synonym: (official) جُمْهوریِ اِسْلامیِ ایران‎ (jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân)

   • c. 1032, گردیزی (Gardizi), زین‌الاخبار [Zeyn-ol-axbâr]:

     ‏میان ایران و توران تعصب و فتنه افتاد تا بدین غایت هنوز اندر آنند.‎‎

     miyân-e irân o turân ta'assob o fetne oftâd tâ bedin ğâyat hanuz andar ân-and.

     There has been intolerance and strife between Iran and Turan to the point that they are still engaged in it to this moment.

   • 1600s, اشرف مازندرانی (Ašraf Mâzandârâni), احمد گلچین معانی (Ahmad Golčin-e Ma'âni), editor, کاروان هند [Kârvân-e Hend], volume 1, published 1970, page 71:

     ‏گر به صد زحمت من از هندوستان آیم برون
     خود بگو از عهده‌ی ایران چسان آیم برون‎

     gar be sad zahmat man az hendustân âyam borun
     xod be-gu az 'ohde-ye irân česân âyam borun

     If, by a hundred efforts, I should leave Hindustan
     Tell me, how should I ever leave my duty to Iran?

   • 1923, اقبال لاهوری (Muhammad Iqbal), پیام مشرق [Message from the East]:

     ‏سکندر رفت و شمشیر و علم رفت
     خراج شهر و گنج کان و یم رفت
     امم را از شهان پاینده تر دان
     نمی بینی که ایران ماند و جم رفت‎

     sekandar raft o šamšir o 'alam raft
     xarâj-e šahr o ganj-e kân o yam raft
     omam râ az šahân pâyande-tar dân
     ne-mi-bini ke irân mânad o jam raft

     Alexander is gone, with his sword and his banner,
     His cities' revenues and his treasures from mines and seas are gone.
     Know that nations are more lasting than kings;
     Do you not see that Iran remains, while Jamshid is gone?

2. a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian

• The female given name does not change its ending in the colloquial register.

Borrowed from Persian ایران‎ (irân), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾyr ʾn /Ērān/). Replaced فارس‎ (fârs, “Persia”) during the 20^th century, a request of Reza Shah Pahlavi to the international community. Compare Pashto ایران‎ (erān), Punjabi ایران‎ (ayrān), Uyghur ئىران‎ (iran), Kazakh Иран (İran), Chinese 伊朗 (yīlǎng), all borrowings from Persian.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /iː.ɾɑːn/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /iː.ɾɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: اِی‧ران

اِیران • (aiyrān) m (Hindi spelling ईरान)

1. Iran (a country in Western Asia)

• ایرانی‎ (īrānī, “Iranian”)

• (Middle East) مشرق وسطی‎ (maśriq-e vust̤á); سعودی عرب‎ (saʻūdī ʻarab), مصر‎ (miṣr) عراق‎ (ʻirāq), ایران (īrān), اردن‎ (urdan), شام‎ (śām), ترکی‎ (turkī), قبرص‎ (qabraṣ) فلسطین‎ (filisṭīn) اسرائیل‎ (isrā'īl) لبنان‎ (libnān) یمن‎ (yaman) عمان‎ (ʻumān) متحدہ عرب امارات‎ (mutaḥidda ʻarab imārāt) قطر‎ (qaṭar) بحرین‎ (baḥrīn) کویت‎ (kuvet) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}

• “ایران”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.