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Indo-Iranian
[ in-doh-i-rey-nee-uhn, -i-rah-, -ahy-rey- ]
noun
- a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
adjective
- of or belonging to Indo-Iranian.
Indo-Iranian
adjective
- of or relating to the Indic and Iranian branches of the Indo-European family of languages
noun
- this group of languages, sometimes considered as forming a single branch of Indo-European
Word History and Origins
Origin of Indo-Iranian1
Example Sentences
Earlier on Monday, the foreign ministry reported that Amirabdollahian was going to India by the end of November to attend a meeting at the Indo-Iranian Joint Economic Commission.
He now earns about $1,500 a month training as a signals intelligence analyst in an Indo-Iranian language.
First we have as a variety of Aryan faith the Indo-Iranian religion, that of the undivided ancestors of Persians and Indians alike, in the dim period antecedent to the Aryan settlement of India.
We may surmise that there was an Indo-Iranian conception of a general contrast between light and darkness, and that this was the starting-point or the basis of the developed Iranian theological system.
He had no desire to be a poet, an Indo-Iranian etymologist, a lecturer to women's clubs, or the secretary of state.
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