Iran

Morpheme

Iran

Type

free base

Denotation

modern country in West Asia in the Middle East

Etymology

Iranian Persian ērān, irân, īrān, irân; Classical Persian ērān; Middle Persian ērān, from ēr- + -ān

Evidence

Iran, Iranian, Iranianate, Iranianisation, Iranianise, Iranianization, Iranianization, Iranianize, Iranianize, Iranianized, Iranianized, Iranianizes, Iranianizes, Iranianizing, Iranianizing, Iranianness, Iranified, Iranifies, Iranify, Iranifying, Iranization, Iranize, Iranized, Iranizes, Iranizing, Iranologist, Iranology, Iranophile, Iranophobe, Iranophone

Notes

<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable