Difference between Irani and Persian

What is the difference between Irani and Persian?

Irani as an adjective is relative to iran and its people while Persian as an adjective is of, from, or pertaining to persia.

Irani

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: relative to Iran and its people

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a person from Iran or of Iranian heritage

Persian

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: A group of very similar languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.Of or pertaining to the Persian people.Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A member of the main ethnic group of Iran.A domestic cat breed.A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.

Example sentence: I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

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