# ایران
## Persian
### Alternative forms

* ایرون (irun) (colloquial, Tehrani)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔeː.ɾɑːn], [ʔiː.ɾɑːn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔeː.ɾɔːn], [ʔi.ɾɔːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔiː.ɹɒ́ːn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔiː.ɹɒ́ːn]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [ʔiː.ɹúːn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔe.ɾɔ́n]
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːn, (Tehrani) -uːn

### Proper noun

ایران • (irân)
* Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East); (historically) Persia
    Synonym: (official) جُمْهوریِ اِسْلامیِ ایران (jomhuri-ye eslâmi-ye irân)
** c. 1032, گردیزی [Gardēzī], زین‌الاخبار [Zaynu-l-axbār]:میان ایران و توران تعصب و فتنه افتاد تا بدین غایت هنوز اندر آنند.miyān-i ērān u tūrān ta'assub u fitna uftād tā badīn ğāyat hanūz andar ān-and.There has been intolerance and strife between Iran and Turan to the point that they are still engaged in it to this moment.(Classical Persian transliteration)
** 1600s, اشرف مازندرانی [Ašraf Māzandārānī], edited by احمد گلچین معانی [Ahmad Golčin-e Ma'âni], کاروان هند [kārwān-i hind], volume 1, India, published 1970, page 71:گر به صد زحمت من از هندوستان آیم برون خود بگو از عهده‌ی ایران چسان آیم برونgar ba sad zahmat man az hindūstān āyam birawan xwad bugō az uhda-yi ērān čisān āyam birawanIf, by a hundred efforts, I should leave Hindustan Tell me, how should I ever leave my duty to Iran?(Classical Persian Transliteration)
** 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 رفتsekandar 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 raftAlexander 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?(Modern Iranian Persian Transliteration)
* a female given name, Iran, from Middle Persian

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* ایرانشهر (irânšahr)
* ایرانی (irâni)
* ایران‌زمین (irân-zamin)
* ایران‌ویج (irân-vêj)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: ইৰান (iran)
* → Bengali: ইরান (iran)
* → Gujarati: ઈરાન (īrān)
* → Hindustani: īrān
    Hindi: ईरान
    Urdu: اِیران
* → Marathi:
    Devanagari script: इराण (irāṇ)
    Modi script: 𑘃𑘨𑘰𑘜 (īrāṇ)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਇਰਾਨ (irān)
    Shahmukhi script: اِیران (īyrān)
* → Sylheti: ꠁꠞꠣꠘ (iran)
* → Telugu: ఇరాన్ (irān)

## Urdu

Picture dictionary :
ایران
ترکی
قبرص
لبنان
شام
فلسطین
اسرائیل
اُردن
مصر
کردستان
عراق
کویت
ایران
سعودی عرب
بحرین
قطر
متحدہ عرب امارات
عمان
یمن :
* شامشام
* اسرائیلاسرائیل
* گلیلگلیل
* ہندوستانہندوستان

### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /iː.ɾɑːn/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːn
* Hyphenation: اِی‧ران

### Proper noun

اِیران • (īrān) m (Hindi spelling ईरान)
* Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* اِیرانِی (īrānī, “Iranian”)

### See also

* (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait)

### References

* “ایران”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.