Word.ws English Dictionary

Iran in Persian

ایرَان ērān

UK/ɪˈɹɑːn/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

British/ɪˈɹɑːn/

Iran in Persian: ایرَان (ērān), اِیرَان (īrān), ایران (irân). In English, Iran means a country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

Persian words for Iran

country in West Asia
ایرَان ērān, اِیرَان īrān, ایران irân

English meaning of Iran

  1. proper noun A country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.
  2. proper noun The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.

Full definition of Iran

Iran in other languages

Questions about Iran in Persian

What is the meaning of Iran in Persian?
Iran in Persian is ایرَان (ērān), اِیرَان (īrān), ایران (irân).
معنی Iran چیست؟
Iran: ایرَان (ērān), اِیرَان (īrān), ایران (irân).
What does Iran mean in English?
Iran means a country in West Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Iran (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-Iran-noun.ogg.

Cite this page: “Iran meaning in Persian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/persian/iran. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.