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

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

Speaker of Proto-Iranian language.

Collective name for a number of extinct Iranian languages which are descended from Proto-Iranian.

Collectively, a number of Indo-European Iranian languages spoken between the 4th century BC and the 9th century AD.

(humanities) an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples

A plateau in Western Asia and Central Asia.

plural of Iranian language

(linguistics) Any language descended from Proto-Iranian.

(linguistics, uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.