Indo-Iranian language

Definitions of Indo-Iranian language

1. noun

   the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
   synonyms: Indo-Iranian

   types:

   Indic, Indo-Aryan

   a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages

   Iranian, Iranian language

   the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

   Sanskrit, Sanskritic language

   (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

   Sindhi

   the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India

   Dard, Dardic, Dardic language

   any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan

   Nepali

   the official state language of Nepal

   Prakrit

   any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD

   Prakrit

   any of the modern Indic languages

   Avestan, Zend

   an ancient Iranian language

   Gathic

   an ancient Iranian language

   Farsi, Persian

   the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms

   Dari, Dari Persian

   an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan

   Tadzhik, Tajik, Tajiki

   the Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan

   Kurdish

   an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia

   Balochi, Baluchi

   an Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf

   Pahlavi, Pehlevi

   the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries

   Afghan, Afghani, Pashto, Pashtu, Paxto

   an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan

   Ossete

   a northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia

   Scythian

   the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians

   type of:

   Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

   the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia