Iranian
/ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/adjective, noun
Iranian is spelled I-R-A-N-I-A-N: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Iranian means “Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Iranian?
| Letters | 7: I-R-A-N-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Iranian?
Iranian appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Iranian?
- /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
- /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
- /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
Iranian has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-Iranian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Iranian
- Iranians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Iranian mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to Iran, its people or its culture.
- 2
Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
noun
- 1
A person from Iran.
- 2
A member of the ethnolinguistic group that speaks the Iranic languages.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Iranian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | iranien , Iranien, Iranienne |
| German | iranisch , Iraner, Iranerin |
| Portuguese | iraniano |
| Spanish | iraní , iraniano, iraniana |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Iranian come from?
From Iran + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).