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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian proper noun: the hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Indo-Iranian

  1. (uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.

Noun

Proto-Indo-Iranian (countable and uncountable, plural Proto-Indo-Iranians)

  1. (countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language.

Adjective

Proto-Indo-Iranian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it.

Proto-Indo-Iranian meaning in Hindi and Persian

Proto-Indo-Iranian in Hindi

ancestor language of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dardic and Nuristani languages
आदिम-हिन्द-ईरानी ādim-hind-īrānī
person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language
आदिम-हिन्द-ईरानी ādim-hind-īrānī
pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it
आदिम-हिन्द-ईरानी ādim-hind-īrānī

Proto-Indo-Iranian in Persian

ancestor language of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dardic and Nuristani languages
نیاهندوایرانی niyâ-hend-o-irâni

Forms of Proto-Indo-Iranian

pluralProto-Indo-Iranians

Questions about Proto-Indo-Iranian

What does Proto-Indo-Iranian mean?
Proto-Indo-Iranian means the hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.
What is Proto-Indo-Iranian in Hindi?
Proto-Indo-Iranian in Hindi is आदिम-हिन्द-ईरानी (ādim-hind-īrānī). See Proto-Indo-Iranian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Indo-Iranian?
Proto-Indo-Iranian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Indo-Iranian in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Indo-Aryans
  2. Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeans
  4. Proto-Indo-Germanic
  5. Proto-Indo-Hittite
  6. Proto-Indo-Iranian
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranians
  8. proto-industrialization
  9. proto-industries
  10. proto-industry
  11. Proto-Inuit

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