Etymology and Related Words
The Old Iranian term airyanəm vaējah (in Avestan) is formed from the plural genitive case of airya and the word vaējah (whose oft-used nominative case is vaējō). The meaning of vaējah is uncertain. It may be related to the old Indic vej/vij (in Vedic), suggesting the region of a fast-flowing river. it has also been interpreted by some as "seed" or "germ". Avestan airya is etymologically related to the Old Persian ariya.
The related OIr. term *aryānām xšaθra- generated the name of "Iran" (through Middle Iranian renderings, such as the Middle Persian term Ērān-shahr and ultimately Ērān during Sassanian empire).
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