Iranian adj 1: of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture; "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police" [syn: {Iranian}, {Persian}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims" [syn: {Irani}, {Iranian}, {Persian}] 2: the modern Persian language spoken in Iran [syn: {Iranian}, {Iranian language}]
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]