The Persian Language: A Quick Dive into the History and Evolution

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  • Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
  • I couldn't have made this video without the help of my Iranian friends: @Yassit @Mehrnoush @Negar Thank you for your help!
    00:00 Intro
    01:05 What's the origin of Persian ?
    02:59 Old Persian
    05:58 Middle Persian
    09:18 Early New Persian
    10:46 Classical Persian
    12:14 Safavid Era
    13:38 Afsharid Interlude
    14:38 Qajar Dynasty
    16:18 Modern Persian
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  • @userahmed190
    @userahmed190 4 месяца назад +786

    Even though I am an Arab and despite the great political dispute between our two countries, I have always loved Persia, its culture, history and language. Love from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦❤️🇮🇷

    • @jamjar1948
      @jamjar1948 4 месяца назад +57

      Thanks, we love you too, habibi! 🇮🇷🇸🇦

    • @palne478
      @palne478 4 месяца назад +47

      من ایرانی دورود بر ملت شریف عربستان همسایه عزیز ما خدا حافظ هردو کشور دشمنان ما خواهان دوستی ما نیستن ما باید فریب آنها را نخوریم.

    • @30day1347
      @30day1347 4 месяца назад +27

      سپاس از ابراز دوستی شما همسایه عزیز و محترم
      🙏🏻💚🌱

    • @arashputata
      @arashputata 4 месяца назад +40

      politics is for politicians , our history is shared , love from Persia

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +1

      I dont trust the saudi government as they support and fund Iran international which backs separatism and chaos in Iran but i do hope we have peace one day.

  • @Whats_my_name84
    @Whats_my_name84 5 месяцев назад +452

    Persian is a magical language

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +11

      One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

    • @Zubair-Khan
      @Zubair-Khan 4 месяца назад +9

      I wish Sanskrit live today then you will see what magic is....... but its no more Persian is so much like Sanskrit

    • @jamjar1948
      @jamjar1948 4 месяца назад +2

      @@Zubair-Khan They are relative languages

    • @mohammadmahdimohammadi2435
      @mohammadmahdimohammadi2435 4 месяца назад +2

      From the beginning until now, there are several branches of Persian languages, all of which are sub-groups of Indo-European languages, and historically, the languages ​​of this group were similar to Persian languages, not the other way around.

    • @paulheydarian1281
      @paulheydarian1281 4 месяца назад +4

      So if I learn Persian, I'll be able to do actual magic with it?
      Will I be able to make my wife more attractive? 🤔 That would require a lot of Strong Magic.

  • @monosodiumglutemate8216
    @monosodiumglutemate8216 4 месяца назад +114

    I'm a trilingual Saudi but I started learning Farsi recently because I love the way it sounds. I speak Urdu, so farsi has been easier for me than I thought.

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 4 месяца назад +9

      Yes, Urdu is a fascinating mix between Khariboli Hindustani and Persian. The grammar is all Hindustani but the Vocab is heavily Persian, that's why I absolutely love Urdu (and ultimately Hindustani).
      I'm learning Farsi too (native hindi speaker who learnt to speak read and write Urdu outside school) and it's seriously so easy 😂.
      I'm assuming since you're Saudi you also speak Arabi, does that make persian vocab a little easier or not much?

    • @newestflameneverdies
      @newestflameneverdies 4 месяца назад +2

      ​​@@amj.composerNo, it doesn't make it easy all. Maybe one day you people are actually able to appreciate and respect Persian for its identity.

    • @ciaronsmith4995
      @ciaronsmith4995 4 месяца назад +1

      Yeah please stop. Iranians dislike Arabs.

    • @shinchan-pt9rn
      @shinchan-pt9rn 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@newestflameneverdieswe do respect farsi language as it is similar to sanskrit and one more this language is medim to convey messages so language doesn't have religion

    • @newestflameneverdies
      @newestflameneverdies 3 месяца назад +1

      @@shinchan-pt9rnPersian and Sanskrit are ancient languages that have Aryan roots. Avestan (Iranian) and Sanskrit (Indian) are also ancient lithurgical languages for religious scripts.

  • @Bestitiqueen
    @Bestitiqueen 4 месяца назад +38

    Persian language has lots of feelings and beautiful poems❤🇮🇷

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 4 месяца назад

      Yes, I read Urdu poetry but then I started reading some Amir Khusro who wrote half in Urdu half in Persian and I was very intrigued by the beauty of his Persian lines. That's why I wanna learn Persian.

  • @SUPER_JAVI
    @SUPER_JAVI 4 месяца назад +353

    I am currently learning Farsi, it just sounds so beautiful ❤

    • @Harfi-dil-2004
      @Harfi-dil-2004 4 месяца назад +1

      You from?

    • @SUPER_JAVI
      @SUPER_JAVI 4 месяца назад

      @@Harfi-dil-2004 USA

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +7

      One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 4 месяца назад +4

      @KoroushRP Bravo 👏 🙌 ,Ancient Persian is the ancestry language of all new Iranian languages from the western branch and the Persian tribes were not just settled in the Persis region ,but according to herodotus the nomadic tribes of the Persian tribal confederation were spread all over the Iranian plateau .But luri and New Persian are the direct descendants of Middle Persian( Sassanid Persian) ,while other Western new-Iranian languages branched out earlier and are indirect descendants .

    • @middleeastobserver6023
      @middleeastobserver6023 4 месяца назад +2

      بنازمت سالار.، دست مریزاد و تنت به ناز طبیبان محتاج مباد.

  • @tapukoko813
    @tapukoko813 4 месяца назад +209

    As a Persian hearing you talk about our culture and history was such a pleasure

    • @s.j4606
      @s.j4606 4 месяца назад +3

      چه افسوس که یک ایرانی این همت رو بخرج نداده چنین کار زیبایی خلق کنه. بهر حال دست ایشون درد نکنه .

    • @aaronanonymous5385
      @aaronanonymous5385 3 месяца назад +1

      She is mistaking you for someone else. Persians don't exist, and Iran is land of the medians meds. Not persian mongols

    • @Randomperson24775
      @Randomperson24775 3 месяца назад

      Yess this made me so happy

  • @nilgungungor264
    @nilgungungor264 4 месяца назад +77

    Farsça şarkılar dinlemeyi seviyorum, her ne kadar anlamasam da sadece dilin sesi hoşuma gittiği için arada TRT 2'de çıkan alt yazılı İran filmlerini seyrediyorum.Kulağa çok sevimli geliyor. RUclips'da böyle kültürel ve bilgilendirici videolar yapan kanallar olması çok değerli, o yüzden Zoe bu içeriklerin nedeniyle ellerine sağlık🙏 Türkiye'den sevgiler 🇹🇷

    • @leeyeganeh1
      @leeyeganeh1 4 месяца назад +1

      Thank you

    • @BehnamAltafi-km3dw
      @BehnamAltafi-km3dw 4 месяца назад +2

      Saĝul

    • @ankitshaw165
      @ankitshaw165 4 месяца назад +1

      Bro in Islamism song and singing instrument are banned 😂😂

    • @pinhan4145
      @pinhan4145 3 месяца назад

      @@ankitshaw165you don’t know anything about Islam.

    • @ankitshaw165
      @ankitshaw165 3 месяца назад +2

      @@pinhan4145 Brother, don't teach, Islam only teaches hatred towards other religions.

  • @zooropa414
    @zooropa414 4 месяца назад +43

    i am an Arab and i have always loved Persians despite political stands,

    • @leeyeganeh1
      @leeyeganeh1 4 месяца назад +4

      Thank You

    • @metiseh
      @metiseh 2 месяца назад +2

      Forget the political stand... let's live our best life as humans. You have our respect! :)

    • @hayabusa1329
      @hayabusa1329 2 месяца назад

      Ok and

    • @mahsam2883
      @mahsam2883 Месяц назад

      Thanks ❤❤❤

  • @user-qk2cp4xm2k
    @user-qk2cp4xm2k 4 месяца назад +86

    I give salaam to all the Persian-speaking people from the Persians of Tajikistan. 🇹🇯❤

  • @robertvahedi3350
    @robertvahedi3350 4 месяца назад +211

    Zoe, this was simply an amazing journey through Persian language and history. Bravo to you! Your Persian accent is so sweet too!

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  4 месяца назад +18

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @spockbella
      @spockbella 4 месяца назад +4

      Yup … So much info in a short video

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +5

      @@zoe.languagesgreat video but One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers. These other dialects and languages are even more Persian and closer to old and middle Persian than new Persian. They also have less foreign loanwords.

    • @lukitoaditama8145
      @lukitoaditama8145 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@zoe.languagesbahasa Indonesia very easy Try studinya

    • @muhd7144
      @muhd7144 4 месяца назад

      ​@@lukitoaditama8145"try studynya"??? What is "nya"???

  • @littleworld8157
    @littleworld8157 3 месяца назад +12

    Very nice effort to show the Persian history and culture. Thank you!

  • @user-hb1re6ls6b
    @user-hb1re6ls6b 4 месяца назад +8

    Hello Zoe, great work👏, I am from Samarkand and proud to know all great people from my mother language. I grew up studying literature in my native Persian Tajik language, but nowadays, unfortunately Persian schools were closed in old cities, including Samarkand and Bukhara. This hurts the people of those cities, because their children do not know their mother tongue and history!

    • @monikaherath7505
      @monikaherath7505 Месяц назад

      Woah I didn't kknow that. Why is Persian banned? IS there an "Uzbekization" policy? Who caused this?

  • @Mc3U
    @Mc3U 4 месяца назад +99

    As persian this video makes me feel happy.
    Thank you for making video and paying attention to persian language

    • @nelsonmandela129
      @nelsonmandela129 4 месяца назад +6

      JAVID SHAH

    • @You66542
      @You66542 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@nelsonmandela129جاوید❤❤

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +2

      One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

    • @real_69_69_
      @real_69_69_ 4 месяца назад

      ​@@KoroushRPداداش گفت چرا کسمغز بازی در میاری

    • @paymanzargar3635
      @paymanzargar3635 4 месяца назад

      کوسمغزترین ایرانی ها، چسبیدن هنوز به شاه، کسی که حتی اختیار کاخ خودش رو نداشت، سیمهای تلفن کاخ مسقیم وصل بود به سفارت انگلیس ، مهمتر از همه وقتی کشتی ایران در حال غرق شدن بود ، شاه یا ناخدای کشتی اولین نفری بود که کشتی رو ترک کرد و مردمش رو بحال خود گذاشت تا غرق شوند، این شاه و تمام تخم و ترکه اش حق زندگی ندارند

  • @Daniel-db3pp
    @Daniel-db3pp 4 месяца назад +86

    Excellent. I am Persian and have read a few Persian language historic books. Your explanation is perfect. I have not seen anyone explain the history of the Persian language as eloquently as you have. And as it appears Persian is not your primary or even secondary language. I tip my hat to you.👌👌👌👌👋👋👋👋🌷🌷🌷🌷

  • @mohsenezati5820
    @mohsenezati5820 4 месяца назад +5

    Your information about my country, Iran, the Persian language, and the history of this land is accurate and excellent👍💯❤🇮🇷🇮🇷

  • @soledadmullin7113
    @soledadmullin7113 4 месяца назад +6

    I am impressed by this gorgeous video filled with tons of information and presented in a dynamic and easy to follow way. All is here for us to be able to delve and research those periods or historical figures that we would like to study deeper. This has the quality of a university presentation. I'm very grateful for this, Zoe!

  • @PersianVS
    @PersianVS 4 месяца назад +60

    Thank you very much for working hard on the Persian language and sharing information about it❤❤❤🇮🇷

    • @GolshabtopIrani
      @GolshabtopIrani 4 месяца назад

      That is not the Iranian flag! Lion and sun are our flag
      Down to the terrorist Islamic Republic regime

    • @Ali-ms3ob
      @Ali-ms3ob 4 месяца назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤بسیار عالی بود سپاسگزارم بانوی گرامی❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-vd2sc6mj6f
    @user-vd2sc6mj6f 4 месяца назад +31

    Persian one of the best language in the world and this language is so old and beautiful 😍

  • @TheArtlight
    @TheArtlight 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for this documentary, you have been able to summarize the whole evolution quite nicely ❤🙏🏻

  • @ba-qz1pq
    @ba-qz1pq 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for hard works you've done on this video and for sharing information. I'm learning persian since 2years ago and i can confirm that sometimes learning new persian words , gave history and ancient vibes.

  • @l.i.surgeon
    @l.i.surgeon 5 месяцев назад +81

    Thanks for showing our culture and language❤

    • @Vladimir_putin1
      @Vladimir_putin1 4 месяца назад

      But where is her hijab 😅

    • @l.i.surgeon
      @l.i.surgeon 4 месяца назад

      @@Vladimir_putin1 i think the thumbnail pic was taken when she traveled to iran not now, mr president😅

    • @sara-fp6zm
      @sara-fp6zm 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@Vladimir_putin1 hijab is compulsory in Iran since 1979 till now which we fights against this barbaric low we lost 1000 people only last year in demonstration against Islamic Republic!

    • @Vladimir_putin1
      @Vladimir_putin1 4 месяца назад +2

      @@sara-fp6zm May God give strength to the women of Iran to fight the oppressive Islamic regime

  • @user-pv5ze6vr6x
    @user-pv5ze6vr6x 4 месяца назад +20

    As an Iranian, I can only say thank you

  • @ogrenmekeyfi7593
    @ogrenmekeyfi7593 3 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for your time and efforts to make such an informative video! People like you definitely enhance the value of RUclips

  • @theculturedkidlanguages
    @theculturedkidlanguages 4 месяца назад +1

    Gosh this is such a fascinating video! Thankyou so much for the introduction!

  • @mardan1974
    @mardan1974 4 месяца назад +72

    Excellent job Zoe! One thing to add is that there is a long list of English words with Persian origin as well. Some of the words including Candy, Caravan, Shawl, Lemon, Pajamas, Spinach, Bazaar, Khaki, and Checkmate are all Persian.

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +12

      One thing this video forgets to mention is that Persians originally did not come from south of Iran, they came from west and north, from Parsua and Parsumesh, invaded the elamite city of anshan and established the southern Persian state Parsa, or new Persia. Luri, bakhtiari, mazandarani, basseri, sistani, achomi, gilaki, tat, feyli, old Azeri and even kermanshahi as well as “kurdish” kurmanji are actually descended of middle Persian Pahlavi Parsig and most are considered as Persian dialects or languages and are therefore Persian peoples, not just new Persian speakers.

    • @asalhaydary6560
      @asalhaydary6560 4 месяца назад

      Iranian people, not Persian. There’s a reason they’re not called Persian. They may speak Persian as their second language but mother tongue would be Kurdish, azeri, Arabic etc and although they’re culturally close, there are still differences.

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +1

      @@asalhaydary6560 what are you on about? Im talking about ethnic Persians here and subgroups of Persians who are the majority of Iran, Tajikistan, north afghanistan and other places.

    • @KoroushRP
      @KoroushRP 4 месяца назад +2

      @@asalhaydary6560 We have many different words to refer to Persians as the name of the people changed historically depending on the areas they lived in, luri, bakhtiari, tat, basseri, sistani, Fars, Tajik, mazani, gilaki, hazara, even certain Kurds like kermanshahi and feyli people (kurd originally meant nomad and was not an ethnicity) are Persian peoples. Even Iranian Persian standard speakers dont say Persian or even Fars usually, doesnt mean they arent Persian.

    • @lambert801
      @lambert801 4 месяца назад +2

      ​​@@asalhaydary6560 You seem to be Iranian and yet don't know what Persian means? Fars people are the same as Persians. About 60% of Iranians are Persian.

  • @333system
    @333system 5 месяцев назад +47

    This video was so good!! But its a bit of a problem,, because I am already studying too many languages and you just made me so motivated to learn Persian / Farsi as well hahahah

    • @SUPER_JAVI
      @SUPER_JAVI 4 месяца назад +1

      What languages are you learning?

    • @Hermesborugerdian
      @Hermesborugerdian 4 месяца назад +4

      It’s worth it.

    • @strkml1767
      @strkml1767 3 месяца назад +4

      You won't regret, it's a magical world

  • @bijan7d470
    @bijan7d470 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your information about the history of the Persian language❤

  • @ar.zakeri98
    @ar.zakeri98 4 месяца назад +2

    I can't find words to describe your valuable work. It was unique🔥❤

  • @ahmadullahtajalli8354
    @ahmadullahtajalli8354 5 месяцев назад +461

    In Afghanistan 🇦🇫 near 60% people has Persian as their mother tongue and 80% of people can talk Persian fluently

    • @Aceo_0
      @Aceo_0 4 месяца назад +38

      Modern Persian developed in Afghanistan. It was spreaded by Ghaznavids and Samanids.

    • @ahmadullahtajalli8354
      @ahmadullahtajalli8354 4 месяца назад +26

      @@Aceo_0 actually it was developed in Samarkand and Bukhara in the Samanid’s Court by Ismail Samanid

    • @Aceo_0
      @Aceo_0 4 месяца назад +11

      @@ahmadullahtajalli8354 you're right but Samankhoda, the founder of the dynasty was a local Bactrian, governor of Balkh plus Ghaznavids and successor dynasties popularized the language. Ghaznavids by conquering Arab speaking Buyids and changing the lingua franca of the region present day Iran to Persian which was continued by Seljuks, and Ghorids by conquering India. The language of the court in Delhi sultanate was Persian and it remained untill the reign of British raj. Plus Samarkand, Merv had close relationship with people of Afghanistan.

    • @ahmadullahtajalli8354
      @ahmadullahtajalli8354 4 месяца назад +3

      @@Aceo_0 yea.. u r right…

    • @kouroshkabir9049
      @kouroshkabir9049 4 месяца назад +37

      زنده باد تمام فارسی‌زبانان دنیا

  • @Saba-vm3od
    @Saba-vm3od 4 месяца назад +16

    Iran is so beautiful, history of Iran, culture of Iran and etc🇮🇷🫶🏻

    • @GolshabtopIrani
      @GolshabtopIrani 4 месяца назад

      That is not the Iranian flag! Lion and sun are our flag
      Down to the terrorist Islamic Republic regime

  • @saina.zafari3927
    @saina.zafari3927 3 месяца назад +1

    It is a source of pride for us Iranians that foreigners learn our language or share about our culture and history in virtual space.
    Your pronunciation is excellent, all your information was complete and accurate, thank you 💜🦋

  • @orwahs6275
    @orwahs6275 4 месяца назад +8

    As a persian i appreciate ur efforts and love for iran it really makes me proud as an persian 🥹❤️❤️

  • @mbods5705
    @mbods5705 5 месяцев назад +17

    You are absolutely Genius, in knowing many languages including this beautiful persian language 🤗👏👏

  • @ahmadteymouri3814
    @ahmadteymouri3814 4 месяца назад

    Good for you, thanks for such a great explanation of Iran's culture

  • @minashahyarasr9709
    @minashahyarasr9709 8 дней назад

    best video I have seen about the history of Iran and persian speaking regions, from the begging to modern day, thank you for making the effort to deliver an accurate and engaging content

  • @sanramondublin
    @sanramondublin 4 месяца назад +53

    It takes a superb Chinese scholar ( and also super great look) to give a scholarly presentation about the Persian language.
    It is the best I have seen so far in last 50 years as an Iranian diaspora.
    Thank you Professor Zoe, I hope you get the young Iranian and Chinese linguists to do translations between the two ancient cultures who have been living next to each other for more than 2500 years , but not much literature translations between two.
    Thanks millions from California.

  • @En30sApp
    @En30sApp 5 месяцев назад +23

    Thank you for your fascinating video on the history and evolution of the Persian language. It's amazing to see how languages transform over time, from Old Persian to the modern version we know today.

  • @farnazbagheri6152
    @farnazbagheri6152 2 месяца назад

    Wow!!! This is so perfectly described. Thank you so much ❤

  • @MMI445
    @MMI445 3 месяца назад +6

    Thank you for providing a comprehensive overview of the Persian language dynamics. Regarding Afghanistan I can say that 80-90 % population can speak and understand Farsi and it is a language every ethnic group communicate with each other and widely used as lingua franca. It's interesting to note the political motivations behind the shift from calling the language Farsi to Dari. It is since 1964 that the Dari replaced Farsi and promoted by the Afghanistan government. The decision behind to replacing Persian was more political than linguistic to support an Afghan state narrative. The distinction between Dari and Farsi in Afghanistan seems to be more of a formal designation imposed by the government, while the people continue to refer to their language as Farsi. The term Dari imposed upon them by the Afghan government as an effort detach Afghanistan from the deep-rooted culture, linguistic and historical connections with the wider Persian speaking world, especially Iran, Tajikistan. It's also noteworthy that, despite the formal shift in terminology, the linguistic similarities between the formal written Persian of Afghanistan and Iran, and the mutual intelligibility between them, remain strong. This highlights the deep historical and cultural connections that transcend political boundaries.

  • @DingDongb
    @DingDongb 4 месяца назад +42

    Persian language is the sweetest ❤

  • @user-ou9no9wl4y
    @user-ou9no9wl4y 5 месяцев назад +68

    We generally prefer to use the terms Persian or Parsi. The term Farsi originated from Arabic, which lacks the letter 'P.' In Arabic, words with 'P' are often replaced by 'F,' as seen in Persian words like 'پیل' (pil, pronounced fil), meaning elephant in Persian.

    • @vannakinder352
      @vannakinder352 5 месяцев назад +7

      Who’s we? Did you take a poll on Iranian (and not just Iranian-American) opinion on it.

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 4 месяца назад +11

      ​@@vannakinder352 "we "as in we Persians/Iranians , the name of our language has always been Parsi ,from Sassanid sources to Shahnameh , exactly what's the connections between Ferdowsi and Sassanid inscriptions to Americans ????

    • @yarsaz4347
      @yarsaz4347 4 месяца назад +4

      @@vannakinder352 Are you trying to imply that Ferdowsi was an Iranian American?
      بسی رنج بردم در این سال سی
      عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی

    • @arya1357
      @arya1357 4 месяца назад +4

      Yes, it used to be Parsi, but as an Iranian I have no issues to say Farsi

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 4 месяца назад +13

      @arya1357 As a human being you're entitled to do anything, you can call the English language Fingilish, Turkic language Dorkic, or the Japanese language " JaFanese". No one would really care , but the correct linguistic terms are Japanese and Persian/ Parsi .

  • @alisamiian8481
    @alisamiian8481 4 месяца назад +2

    You speak Persian beautifully and your presentation made me indescribably happy. Well done! Zendebad!

  • @TheGooner-uh2jx
    @TheGooner-uh2jx 16 дней назад

    This video is so well made!
    Such beautiful culture and history summarized professionally in one video
    Thank you so much! I'm so impressed

  • @Linglingyouforgotyablingbling
    @Linglingyouforgotyablingbling 5 месяцев назад +8

    Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video. It was very detailed oriented, interesting, and well put together. 💯🙌
    The guy I like, this is one of his cultural races. So it felt like I was learning a little part about him
    and felt an unconscious connection. ☺️🙏

  • @ecaterina02681
    @ecaterina02681 5 месяцев назад +18

    You are awesome, Zoe! I appreciate your effort a lot! Thank you for giving me inspiration to learn languages!❤

  • @mehdiassadi6946
    @mehdiassadi6946 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow im realy impress by your vast knowledge of both Iranian culture and history and im also aware of you having quite good informations on both Arabic and Turkish culture and history as well makes me speachless...realy amazing

  • @khaterehkm3273
    @khaterehkm3273 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this introduction about Persian language! 💚🤍❤️

  • @PanteA..
    @PanteA.. 4 месяца назад +5

    This was very resourceful and very informative. Especially the fact that you have learned Farsi language and are pronouncing the Farsi words correctly. I was impressed and appreciative. Thank you.

  • @shawnyousafi622
    @shawnyousafi622 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for taking your time and telling our history to the world which we proud so much. Good thoughts, Good words, Good deeds.

  • @tomasmartinek8330
    @tomasmartinek8330 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for your video. It was very interesting to watch a progress of Persian language during the centuries. 😊

  • @txpgc4867
    @txpgc4867 4 месяца назад +10

    Very accurate and well summarized, thanks ❤🤍💚🇮🇷🇨🇦

  • @PHH81
    @PHH81 5 месяцев назад +2

    it gave me goosebumps..
    it was really a complete explanation ,
    thank you a lot Zoe!

  • @skzstayforever1
    @skzstayforever1 4 месяца назад +1

    As an Iranian person I'm so glad to see your video❤ also you're so talented ✨

  • @hormozpour5258
    @hormozpour5258 4 месяца назад

    Excellent! That was perfect! Short and useful. Thanks a lot.

  • @freespeech8293
    @freespeech8293 4 месяца назад +3

    Dear Zoe. What an enchanting video to talk about Farsi and review the history of Persian language. Nicely done, Thanks.

  • @Iamsolluna
    @Iamsolluna 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you Zoe for this video،
    I really enjoyed it 🥹💗✨

  • @rezaadineh1132
    @rezaadineh1132 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice work and thanks for sharing, I am a Persian guy and enjoy your effort on this video.

  • @iraneman1668
    @iraneman1668 4 месяца назад

    What a nice yet condense passage of Persian history and evolution. You did a great job here and way to go dear.

  • @Shahanshah101
    @Shahanshah101 4 месяца назад +23

    The Arabic word Fauj is from the earlier Arabic word Fayj which itself is adopted from the Middle Persian word Payg (meaning "foot-soldier").

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 4 месяца назад +3

      That's actually insane, in Hindi we yse the word fauj for military and we have a sanskrit cognate for payg which is is "paad" and "pag" (meaning foot). And we still use those in Hindi. So we got Fauj from Persian, which they got from arabic, which they in turn got from Persian, which is a cognate with a word already in Hindi. Languages are amazing lmaoo

    • @seanrowshandel1680
      @seanrowshandel1680 4 месяца назад +1

      "page" was a class name in feudal europe as well. There's no reason in claiming to be a "weird, separate country from everyone else". It was the most unethical group of people ever. All Arabization happened under the supervision of Persians, who accept no responsibility and insult China constantly, even though most of them are a bunch of weirdos whose mothers told them to do something very bad to their father.

    • @newestflameneverdies
      @newestflameneverdies 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@seanrowshandel1680No such thing as "Arabization" happened anywhere. Persians would go and Persianize an area which benefit the people because of the rich and ancient Persian culture.

    • @newestflameneverdies
      @newestflameneverdies 4 месяца назад

      ​​@@amj.composerIt's a Persian word originally.

    • @ciaronsmith4995
      @ciaronsmith4995 4 месяца назад

      It's not insane. Persian is just influential.@@amj.composer

  • @salheenhesham6888
    @salheenhesham6888 4 месяца назад +2

    This episode is more than enjoyable and more than useful because you explained a lot of important information in a clear and enjoyable manner. I thank you for that and I invite you to continue and present an episode on the ancient Pharaonic language, the Phoenician language, and the Latin language.❤

  • @sushiansmoallemi1740
    @sushiansmoallemi1740 4 месяца назад

    It was superbly presented. Well done❤❤❤

  • @imranahmed786
    @imranahmed786 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for an enlightening video. Superb effort

  • @Soap_bubbles591
    @Soap_bubbles591 4 месяца назад +16

    Dear Zoe , you truly are a sweetheart and very talented , Parsi is the native name of this language ( used in Shahnameh by Fredowsi) and "Persian" (as you used) is the correct name of this fascinating language in English . Youre amazing, subbed and ❤

  • @omidzakeri7393
    @omidzakeri7393 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you so much Zoe for making this great video.😊😊😊😊

  • @sghavam9502
    @sghavam9502 Месяц назад

    I will thank you for such great insight and inspiring and honest way of explaining the history and cultural values of persia, thank you. ❤

  • @MaxLearnsPersian
    @MaxLearnsPersian 4 месяца назад +2

    Amazing video!!! Thank you for promoting this wonderful language and culture

  • @mihaelaclaudiap..2
    @mihaelaclaudiap..2 5 месяцев назад +6

    Love your channel as you are amazing and I adore languages, I am a polyglot as well! You inspire me to continue studying languages!

  • @nashgawri4869
    @nashgawri4869 Месяц назад

    I really enjoyed this video. Your take and interpretation of Farsi/Dari and the cultural history associated with it along with it's influence was beautiful to see, Thank you 🙏 I am a Hindu Afghan living in Vancouver/Victoria BC for the past 40 years. I truly enjoy learning about other cultures and really appreciate seeing my fellow human beings doing the same. I'm looking forward to watching your other video in the near future.
    Shab bakher!!!

  • @Ailar-bq2sz
    @Ailar-bq2sz 4 месяца назад

    First of all, I want to say, it was great It was very informative and interesting, in fact, as an Iranian myself, I did't know some of them
    Thank you for everything 🙏💞

  • @user-qg5di1iu4e
    @user-qg5di1iu4e 5 месяцев назад +6

    You speak Farsi like native Iranians, great. Thanks for your valuable information. Greetings from Iran. سلام و درود

    • @Soap_bubbles591
      @Soap_bubbles591 4 месяца назад +2

      پارسی / Persian درسته، لطفا از واژه درستش در زبان انگلیسی استفاده کنید

    • @ciaronsmith4995
      @ciaronsmith4995 4 месяца назад

      It's called Parsi or Persian. Farsi is Arab mispronunciation.

  • @flamencocristobal
    @flamencocristobal 5 месяцев назад +4

    That was an awesome video....new style for Zoe and was a fun and informative journey that brought up points many others just don't think to include...definitely looking forward to more vids from her!!! 100%

  • @user-rt2xl7kq3t
    @user-rt2xl7kq3t 3 месяца назад +1

    I am Tajik 🇹🇯 myself and live in South Korea🇰🇷. Zoe thank you very much for your hard work, I am proud that I am also part of this ancient Farsi people

  • @mohamedashraffkaderbasha8346
    @mohamedashraffkaderbasha8346 3 месяца назад

    I simply love the presentation. Well done!!

  • @userahmed190
    @userahmed190 4 месяца назад +2

    The most beautiful channel, keep making these beautiful and wonderful videos ❤

  • @isalutfi
    @isalutfi 5 месяцев назад +43

    *Persian Language :*
    1. Iranian Persian 🇮🇷
    2. Afghan Persian 🇦🇫 (Dari)
    3. Tajiki Persian 🇹🇯
    Also, there is Karbalai Persian in Irak 🇮🇶 besides some of Balochi (Eastern Persian) and Pashto (Eastern Iranian) in Pakistan 🇵🇰.

    • @jamjar1948
      @jamjar1948 4 месяца назад +6

      What about Kurds and lors and Pamiri?

    • @jeanettenejadi1777
      @jeanettenejadi1777 4 месяца назад

      They are all Iranian too. @@jamjar1948

    • @user-nq5fp1nr9n
      @user-nq5fp1nr9n 4 месяца назад +2

      فارسية بكربلاء 😂😂😂 منين جايب هذا الخرط😂😂😅😅

    • @user-qk2cp4xm2k
      @user-qk2cp4xm2k 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@jamjar1948The Pamirzi are not Persians, they took culture from the Persians and not which words and everything, otherwise their language is completely different

    • @jamjar1948
      @jamjar1948 4 месяца назад +1

      @@user-qk2cp4xm2k Their language is Iranian

  • @kaoruatsumi2047
    @kaoruatsumi2047 4 месяца назад +3

    這位妹妹雖然在發音上天賦一般,但是對語言研究有强大的興趣,也有很多獨到的見解。希望你的影片越做越好。

  • @ishaqali4480
    @ishaqali4480 2 месяца назад +1

    Wonderfully, great presentation on personal language history, I am farsi speaker and appreciate your efforts connecting present with the past.

  • @Pakdad
    @Pakdad 4 месяца назад +9

    آفرین به شما، زبان فارسی، شیرین مثل قند و عسله، درود بر شما❤🇮🇷🌹

  • @parsagholampour6009
    @parsagholampour6009 4 месяца назад

    Interesting! That was really informative and useful! Thank you...

  • @mahdisepand2904
    @mahdisepand2904 4 месяца назад

    Thank,s for made this video❤

  • @faezehdoudman6013
    @faezehdoudman6013 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks so much for providing Information about my mother tongue ❤

  • @abood5319
    @abood5319 5 месяцев назад +3

    Great video, I will repeat it to listen again ❤

  • @matina2055
    @matina2055 4 месяца назад

    Wonderful Zoe, thanks for your effort and the beautiful work you did

  • @marsmilkway
    @marsmilkway 4 месяца назад

    I loved this video. your depth of knowledge was honourable.

  • @behiran2252
    @behiran2252 4 месяца назад +10

    آفرین به شما بسیار خوب پارسی را گفتگو کردید آفرین به شما بانو❤❤👏👏🇮🇷🤝👍

    • @Insearchtodestiny
      @Insearchtodestiny 4 месяца назад

      گفتگو نکرد صحبت کرد. گفت و گو به صحبت میان دو یا چند نفر می‌گویند

    • @hadivatanparast4633
      @hadivatanparast4633 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Insearchtodestinyفکر کنم برای اینکه صحبت عربیه گفت گفت و گو

  • @mohammad.ali9046
    @mohammad.ali9046 4 месяца назад +3

    so glad to see this video about my language 🇮🇷🇮🇷

  • @shandizuribe
    @shandizuribe 4 месяца назад

    This was lovely! thank you.

  • @barrykeynejad6096
    @barrykeynejad6096 Месяц назад

    I thank you for such a vast explanation in short time. I did enjoy and will share this for sure. Mamnon.

  • @shabor2006
    @shabor2006 4 месяца назад +4

    I love your persian videos so much! ❤️

  • @maedehasanzade5396
    @maedehasanzade5396 4 месяца назад

    I adore you... thanks for this wonderful research about Iran

  • @vick-bs4vg
    @vick-bs4vg 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for such a magical information truly appreciated

  • @khkhmiles
    @khkhmiles 4 месяца назад +3

    Thanks , I am an Iranian however I learned a lot from your video

  • @farzadmoradgholi280
    @farzadmoradgholi280 4 месяца назад +2

    Despite the fact that you did not consider important parts, I liked your post to appreciate the promotion of the Persian language and recount the proud history of Iran, as an Iranian Parsi, I thank you.

  • @unbiased786
    @unbiased786 4 месяца назад

    Thought long and hard on this topic. That was an outstanding summary of an outstanding culture.

  • @mosqutio88
    @mosqutio88 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow, high quality production.

  • @Rosa_french
    @Rosa_french 5 месяцев назад +5

    Wow!! I'm from Iran I wannt to say You are perfect! 🤍👌🏻🥹

    • @learnwith-mooniechan
      @learnwith-mooniechan 5 месяцев назад

      hii, would u like to be my language partner? im trying to learn persian

    • @Rosa_french
      @Rosa_french 5 месяцев назад

      @@learnwith-mooniechan Oh That's good😉❤.. I can't say yes exactly , I'm so busy! but You can speak with me sometimes..For example one day on the week or in a month, We speak with each other in persian if you like🙂How we can speak with each other(Where)?

  • @jennafloww
    @jennafloww 5 месяцев назад +52

    Thank you so much for this amazing video Zoe! It's much harder to find videos about Persian so I am glad you are covering this wonderful language too. Is it possible you could make a video about Persian like your "How to Learn ___ from 0 to Fluency" series? It would really help those of us learning Persian if you could share your resources, methods, and tips with us since not many people cover this language!

    • @zoe.languages
      @zoe.languages  5 месяцев назад +15

      Next video 😉

    • @creeper9522
      @creeper9522 4 месяца назад

      am interested that you want to learn our language

    • @jonam7589
      @jonam7589 4 месяца назад +2

      There are tons of materials about anything Persian including the language, cooking, history and much from the experts. Do a little research, you'll find them. I don't think this is the best source to learn Persian from a chinese.

    • @behzadshhassni1645
      @behzadshhassni1645 4 месяца назад

      I'm a native farsi speaker & my second is english . It'll be my pleasure to help you with learning PARSI .

  • @samsonic1978
    @samsonic1978 4 месяца назад +26

    Hi Zoe and thank you for putting together this great informative video on Persian language. I'm a native Persian speaker and to answer your question in regards to whether to use "Parsi" or "Farsi", I must say "Parsi" is the correct term. Unfortunately "Parsi" had been changaed to "Farsi" post Arab invasion of Persia around 1400 years ago. The reason being is that Arabs do not have the letter "P" in their alphabet. During their invasion, they forced scholars to publish their work replacing "P" to "F" in this specific context and that's how this was changed. So "Parsi" is the correct term even though some less literate Iranian/Persian don't know the difference and why they say Farsi.

    • @iz1885
      @iz1885 4 месяца назад

      ای ول! دمت گرم. روشنمون کردی

    • @parisajavaher9072
      @parisajavaher9072 3 месяца назад

      سپاس دوست عزیزم به خاطر توضیحات دقیق تون 😊من هم براش پست گذاشتم که عربها گ و چ و‌پ و ژ ندارند و عربها براشون گفتن حرف پ سخت بوده میگفتند فارسی و پارسی درسته ❤ آفرین به هوشیاری و دقت شما بزرگوار🙏🌺

  • @shawnyousafi622
    @shawnyousafi622 Месяц назад

    From bottom my heart thank you for beautifully describe our culture ❤️

  • @TimB-gt9of
    @TimB-gt9of Месяц назад

    Thanks Zoa for extraordinary through and complete explanation about our Persian language ❤❤.
    I think Persian speaking people should reward you for this great job you have done for free for them . Thanks again ❤