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Proto-Iranian

Proto-Iranian proper noun: the hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended.

Proper noun

Proto-Iranian

  1. The hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended.

Adjective

Proto-Iranian (not comparable)

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

Noun

Proto-Iranian (plural Proto-Iranians)

  1. Speaker of Proto-Iranian language.

Proto-Iranian meaning in Hindi

Proto-Iranian in Hindi

Translations
आदिम-ईरानी ādim-īrānī

Forms of Proto-Iranian

pluralProto-Iranians

Origin of Proto-Iranian

From proto- + Iranian.

Questions about Proto-Iranian

What does Proto-Iranian mean?
Proto-Iranian means the hypothetical proto-language reconstructed by comparative method, from which all the Iranian languages descended.
What is Proto-Iranian in Hindi?
Proto-Iranian in Hindi is आदिम-ईरानी (ādim-īrānī). See Proto-Iranian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Iranian?
Proto-Iranian can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.

Words near Proto-Iranian in the dictionary

  1. proto-industrialization
  2. proto-industries
  3. proto-industry
  4. Proto-Inuit
  5. Proto-Inupik
  6. Proto-Iranian
  7. Proto-Iranians
  8. proto-iron
  9. Proto-Isaiah
  10. Proto-Italic
  11. Proto-Italo-Celtic

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