Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A branch of the Indo-European language family that comprises the Indic and Iranian languages.
- noun A member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-Iranian language.
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- noun A
branch of theIndo-European language family , including theIndic andIranian languages. - noun A
member of anypeoples speaking such a language. - adjective Of or relating to such a language or member.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
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Examples
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The answer is its distant Indo-European cousin Persian, a daughter language of Indo-Iranian.x Check is from the Persian word shāh, meaning “king.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The Indic limb of the Indo-Iranian branch includes two venerable ancient languages.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Farther east, the Indo-Iranian branch stretches to the Himalayas.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Farther east, the Indo-Iranian branch stretches to the Himalayas.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The answer is its distant Indo-European cousin Persian, a daughter language of Indo-Iranian.x Check is from the Persian word shāh, meaning “king.”
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The Indic limb of the Indo-Iranian branch includes two venerable ancient languages.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Persians: A people of Indo-Iranian speech related to the Medes and more distantly to the tribes of northern India.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The Kalash are polytheists, with a pantheon of deities and demi-gods that has been compared to that of ancient Greece, though it is much closer to Indo-Iranian (Vedic and pre-Zoroastrian) traditions.
The Kalash Tribe Of Pakistan (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The Kalash are polytheists, with a pantheon of deities and demi-gods that has been compared to that of ancient Greece, though it is much closer to Indo-Iranian (Vedic and pre-Zoroastrian) traditions.
The Kalash Tribe Of Pakistan (PHOTOS) Manal Khan 2010
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Persians: A people of Indo-Iranian speech related to the Medes and more distantly to the tribes of northern India.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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