Indo-Iranian

Indo-Iranian
/in"doh i ray"nee euhn, -i rah"-, -uy ray"-/, n.
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including the Indic and Iranian subgroups.
adj.
2. of or belonging to Indo-Iranian.
[1875-80]

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