List of important geographical names with Iranian origins

[Mootaz-khelifi]

do u mane places with Persian word

 

[Serpentine]

Dude, I already explained it... There is no shame, hell even Persia comes from the Greeks like India.

Indus-Indie-India-Indian-Indo, etc <---This part came from the Europeans(Greeks to French)
Sindhu-Hindu-Hind-Hindustan-Hindustani <---Bold part is Persian, Arabic, etc
Bharat <--- Indigenous



India is a European word. Hindu, Hind, etc is Persian, Arabic, etc.


If you replace "India" with "Hindustan" then you are correct.

Yes Persia is a western word,that's why we changed back the country name to Iran.

By the way,thanks for explanation.

do u mane places with Persian word

Yes,that'd be better.

many persian words are also arabic origin,like salam etc, entirepersian letters are arabic origin

urdu derives many of its words from sanskrit and turkish language and not mostly from persians, urdu itself is a turkic word

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script

Yes,and there is no shame in it.The International language (English) borrows 70% of it words from German and Latin.
For example Turkish borrows a lot of words from Persian too.About Urdu,it borrows the most first from Persian and Sanskrit,then Arabic and Turkish.
Look at Pakistan's national anthem,almost all of it's words has Persian origin.

 

[BoB's]

This thread is absolutely for educational purposes

Afghanistan
Formed with the Persian suffix -istan, it literally means "Land of Afghans" in Persian.

Afghanistan
"Land of the Afghans"; from Arabic: Af&#289;&#257;n (&#1575;&#1601;&#1594;&#1575;&#1606 via Prakit: Avag&#257;n&#257; (&#2310;&#2349;&#2327;&#2344 which is derived from the Sanskrit tribal name A&#347;vaka (&#2309;&#2358;&#2381;&#2357;&#2325 meaning "horseman", as the country was noted for its fine breed of horses; and the Stan comes from the sanskrit Sthanam meaning place. This name was used in reference to the Kambojas in antiquity.

Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Sanskrit_origin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Tamil_origin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hindi_or_Urdu_origin

 

[Icewolf]

Urdu is mix of Persian and Hindi. I think.

 

[takeiteasy]

Urdu is mix of Persian and Hindi. I think.

Farsi and Khadi Boli/Hindostani.

 

[Feyen]

I heard somebody say that even 'Persia' come from the Greeks? Nonsense. The Assyrians already called The Persians, in the 8th century BC, 'Parsu'. This was the first written documentation on the Persians. The Persians called their land 'Parsa' which is now called 'Fars'. In fact, even centuries after the fall of the Median empire the Greeks kept calling the Persians 'Medes', because they weren't aware of the fact that a new Iranian people took over the empire. When the Indo-European people migrated to Iran you had different Iranian tribes, which one was called 'Pasargadae'. The word Persian comes from this Iranian tribe. The most famous clan of the Pasargadae tribe was the 'Achaemenid' clan. And they build the Persian empire. So Persia is completely Iranian.

 

[Al Bhatti]

Urdu is mix of Persian and Hindi. I think.

Urdu in an old Iraqi dialect means camp (military camp) and since Urdu was first used in military camps hence it's name Lisan - e - urdu &#1604;&#1587;&#1575;&#1606; &#1575;&#1585;&#1583;&#1608; or zuban - e Urdu &#1586;&#1576;&#1575;&#1606; &#1575;&#1585;&#1583;&#1608; meaning tongue of the camp or the language of the camp (military camp). This info i read many years back in an Arabic dictionary for old a'amiyah words (words used in different dialects of Arabic) which I found in the "Association for the Protection of Arabic Language" and the word "Urdu" was listed in that dictionary.

Urdu is a mix of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Sanskrit (or hindi). But in the early days Arabic had the upper hand followed by Persian for the number of words of Arabic and Persian origin in Urdu unlike now unfortunately when English and Hindi words are more commonly being used.

 

[Feyen]

Afghanistan
"Land of the Afghans"; from Arabic: Af&#289;&#257;n (&#1575;&#1601;&#1594;&#1575;&#1606 via Prakit: Avag&#257;n&#257; (&#2310;&#2349;&#2327;&#2344 which is derived from the Sanskrit tribal name A&#347;vaka (&#2309;&#2358;&#2381;&#2357;&#2325 meaning "horseman", as the country was noted for its fine breed of horses; and the Stan comes from the sanskrit Sthanam meaning place. This name was used in reference to the Kambojas in antiquity.

Source- List of English words of Sanskrit origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of English words of Tamil origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nonsense. The Persian Sassanids were the first to mention 'Afghan':

Afghan (ethnonym) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Al Bhatti]

overhearing some chinese nationals i thought it was 'chung wa'. Or does it pronounce like that?

I think you mean Zhonghua which is another name for China in Mandarin.

 

[Feyen]

India is a European word. Hindu, Hind, etc is Persian, Arabic, etc.


If you replace "India" with "Hindustan" then you are correct.

Are you really that stupid? India is not a European word. It is a westernized originally Iranian name. It's the same as in the English language you have the word 'paradise', while the origin of this word is the Persian 'pairidaeza'. That doesn't mean 'Paradis' is a English word, because it isn't. Its just a westernized name.