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indo-iranian

In·do-I·ra·ni·an
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-doh-i-rey-nee-uh n, -i-rah-, -ahy-rey-]
    • /ˈɪn doʊ ɪˈreɪ ni ən, -ɪˈrɑ-, -aɪˈreɪ-/
    • /ˈɪn.dəʊ ɪ.ˈreɪ.nɪən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-doh-i-rey-nee-uh n, -i-rah-, -ahy-rey-]
    • /ˈɪn doʊ ɪˈreɪ ni ən, -ɪˈrɑ-, -aɪˈreɪ-/

Definitions of indo-iranian word

  • noun indo-iranian a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups. 1
  • adjective indo-iranian of or belonging to Indo-Iranian. 1
  • adjective indo-iranian of or relating to the Indic and Iranian branches of the Indo-European family of languages 0
  • noun indo-iranian this group of languages, sometimes considered as forming a single branch of Indo-European 0
  • adjective indo-iranian designating or of a subfamily of the Indo-European language family that includes the Indic and Iranian branches 0
  • noun indo-iranian the hypothetical parent language from which all Indic and Iranian languages have descended 0
See all 9 definitions of indo-iranian

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Origin of indo-iranian

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Indo-iranian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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indo-iranian popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Related words

  • indic

    of or relating to India; Indian.

  • indo-european

    a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).

  • kafiri

    an Indo-Iranian language, or small group of languages, of Nuristan, closely related to but not a part of the Indic subbranch.

  • kashmiri

    a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.

  • khowar

    an Indo-Iranian language of northwest Pakistan.

  • satem

    belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
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