Iran

Meaning

Proper Noun

• country Western Asia (region) .
• regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.

Origin

• From Persian ایران, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 ("of the Aryans"). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 for word formation, further etymology and cognates.
• The name of the political entity is a 3rd-century development that derives from the indigenous ethnolinguistic name of the Iranian peoples, i.e. the great variety of Iranian tribes that spoke an Iranian language.