Iranian

Iranian
Iranian I*ra"ni*an, a. Of or pertaining to Iran. -- n. A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages, the modern version of which is called {Farsi}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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