Iran

Type Country
Usage Persian, Arabic, English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Urdu, Indian, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Burmese, Filipino, Thai, Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian
Scripts ایران(Persian, Urdu) إيران(Arabic) Иран(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic) Іран(Ukrainian) Ιράν(Greek) יראן(Hebrew) ईरान(Hindi) အီရန်(Burmese) อิหร่าน(Thai) イラン(Japanese Katakana) 이란(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced Pron. ee-RAWN(Persian) ee-RAN(Arabic, German) i-RAHN(English) i-RAN(English) ie-RAN(English) EE-RAHN(French) EE-ran(Polish) EE-RAN(Japanese, Korean)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Derived from Middle Persian Eran, related to Old Iranian Arya meaning "Iranian, Aryan". This is the name of a country in western Asia, formerly called Persia in the West.

Related Names

Other Languages & Culturesİran(Azerbaijani) Írán(Czech) Irán(Hungarian) Irāna(Latvian) Iranas(Lithuanian) Eran(Middle Persian) Irã(Portuguese) Irán(Slovak) Irán(Spanish) İran(Turkish)
Same SpellingÍrán, İran, Irán
User SubmissionsÍran, Îran, İran, Iṛan

Categories

Asia, Islamic countries
Entry updated April 25, 2021