Indo-Iranianist

Noun

Indo-Iranianist (plural Indo-Iranianists)

1. A linguist who specializes in studying Indo-Iranian languages.
   • In the Indian field, despite the heroic labours of generations of scholars, the bulk of standard translations are woefully inadequate; and even if the position in other classical fields is not so tragic, all are to some extent affected by misinformation emanating from the pen of Indo-Iranianists.1966, J[ack] Clifford Wright, Non-Classical Sanskrit Literature: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 24 November 1965, School of Oriental and African Studies, page 4
   • Though there is no clear Indo-European etymology for this word, it is hard to imagine the Indo-Iranianists accepting it as a loan from Dravidian.1979, Franklin C. Southworth, “Lexical Evidence for Early Contacts Between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian”, in Madhav M. Deshpande, Peter E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India, University of...