When you spoke about Saudi arabia i expected you to speak about the origin of the word "arab" because almost everyone know that the word "Saudi" is the name of the royal family.... Also, you should apologize about forgetting Bahrain, about saying that ajam is a Persian word while it is an arabic word, and also Kut is an arabic word not hindustani one 😒😒😒 Also, if any arabic subscriber recognize that you intended to make Israel's part at the minute 19:48 in reference to the masecares that happened at the year 1948 you will lose them
Bahrain is not mentioned... WHY..!!! “Well because nearly 80% of the world or more don’t know that Bahrain exist.” (I asked a question, answered my own question 😐)
@@romanyoder9266 In case of China it's even worse, it's like English translating Portuguese, while Portugese themselves were trying to translate Persian, while Persian themselves were trying to translate Sanskrit. Pretty fucked up😂
Respect to Iran for pointing out their right name to the world. I feel like countries and their people should have a say in what they want the world to call them. Not by some past-timer foreigners.
One other important reason is that persia refers to just one group of our people living in the southern region of the country while we have hundreds of different ethnicities who are not pars or persian, but are in fact iranian
Plenty of countries call other countries by different names. Greeks call Greece "Hellas", Germans call Germany "Deutschland", Finns call Finland "Suomi", it's not uncommon for foreigners to refer to a country by a different name. It's their language so they ultimately decide what they'll call other places
East East is one of my favorite country names by far. Its just too funny. As people have pointed out, the island is split and both halves are called East East, literally because colonisers didn't understand the local language. I just can't with it
@@gon_freecs4030 in the meantime, they also have French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese …… names. If you are not happy with your name, I assume its your choice to rename it?
5:31 That's the Qing dynasty, it was established in 1636, thousands of years after the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC which is the one that most believe is the origin of the word Cina you mentioned.
Indian, persian and arabs had already made trade with unified Qin (chin) dynasty in 2nd century BC through silk road, importing their tea and porcelain (china), thats why when europeans take over the maritime silk route from the arab, persian and indian traders they call the land as such.
Because Bahrain was excluded, I will include it in the comment section. Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively. Source: Bahrain - McGill School Of Computer Science
Yes it is the sanskrit name of Cambodia. Kambu in sanskrit mean gold so Kambuja or Kamboja means the "golden land" or sovannaphum which is the reference to land of Cambodia during the Angkor period.
@@koppii2 well it does.... It's just named after a spanish King.... I am a Filipino and I love the name Philippines.... It's just that it is named after a spanish King.... There were times when the name is suggested to be changed from Philippines to Maharlika (which is a class of the Lower Nobility) but Philippines is a pride for me... And I don't care if it is named after a person...
@@handidandi0220 The name Maharlika is not suggested to be CHANGED, it is suggested to BRING BACK. Maharlika is the original name of the Philippines before the Spanish Era. Yeah it does so what are you even pointing at on your comment.
Roman emissaries visited Sri Lanka during the reign of Emperor Claudius. They gave a large amount of glass beads to the Sri Lankan king at the time, King Bhathikabeye, who then donated it to the temple of Ruwanwali Maha Saaye, the largest and most important Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. I'm a student of history from Sri Lanka, and this is the only instance I know of Sri Lankans interacting with the Romans.
I don't know about Sri Lankan history but Romans traded extensively with the southern Indian kingdoms, there was a temple of Emperor Augustus somewhere in South India, ambassadors from both sides regularly visited each other and these relations went on for more than three centuries, in light of this we can say that they must have known about Sri Lanka.
Oh,I know Rome used to use ports from Egypt to trade with India,So there must have been some connection,But wow Romans in India,How cool,Love from Egypt btw.
@Mario Fonseca well even as far back as Ptolemy's world map, Sri Lanka is showed as an island. If we look even far back, their might be an instance like that, but I can't find it
@Mario Fonseca well that's entirely possible since there was a land bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India back in the day. Also are you Indian? Because you have such a Sri Lankan name : D
There's a typo or mistake with the China part, the ancient Perian use of Chin/Cina referring to China during the QIN dynasty, not QING dynasty, since QIN was from 2nd century BC, whereas the QING dynasty started in the 17th century.
@@AnkitKumar-tk7nb Aryan invasion 😑😑 Dude in ancient times migration used to happen N Aryan theory is not proven yet Go n check it It's not relevant Many migration of humans used to happen in ancient times And Invasion is not a correct word Bec. Invasion r done on kingdom or country And During Aryan Dravidian times there were no kingdoms n countries
@@BeanOnTheFlipside indians have no connections with Persian until mughals ...indians are mix of indoaryan ,elamit, dravidian and austroloids.most of indians dna show relation with austroloids..
Singapore was known as Temasek from 13-14th century, after 14th it was Singapura. Temasek is still an important name in current Singapore and used for many institutions.
Each islands in the Philippines had their ancient names though, we're different because our islands werent unified by an empire, we were only unified because of our colonizers Here's an example, cebu before was called sibu, and luzon was called Luzon based on the inhabitants there that were called lusong Negros island had their own name too, but was changed by the Spaniards because of the native's skin color
@@TheSeth2003 I heard from a chinese that Luzon's name was originally (as far as I can remember) called Liu Zhong (related to chinese words). I'm gonna edit this if I found that chinese one comment. Edit: My mistake. She said it was originally called, Liu Song. Edit 2: You can find her comment on "What do Chinese think of Philippines..." by Chinesevid. It is under the pinned comment there. She is called halashet.
You forgot East Timor! The named drived from the word Timor which is the name of the island it sits on, when translated, Timor means east, so calling east Timor actually calling it "East of the East" the name of the island itself is referred from the location which is the most Eastern island on the greater Sunda Archipelago. When still under Indonesian colonization, the area was a part of Timor Timur Province, before seceding from Indonesia in 2002. Other name of the country is "Timor Larosae" on which "Larosae" means "Rising Sun" on regional language.
Timor is the island, because it is in the east. East Timor (Timor-Leste) is because the country is only on the eastern half of the island. West Timor is part of Indonesia. West Timor (Timor Barat) was also previously known as Indonesian Timor and Dutch Timor. East Timor was Portuguese Timor. No prize for guessing how that division happened. 😊
How did he miss that the local name for Bhutan is Druk Yul, which means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"? Probably the most epic name for any country in the world
@@userwsyz technically the first dynasty is Xia, or Shang Xia having no proof but it's recorded in Ancient Chinese history books So xia , shang, Zhou then only it's Qin Qin was the first dynasty that the emperor call himself the emperor making himself the absolute power of the country
As an Arab I appreciate your efforts to try and pronounce the Arabic names correctly 🖐 And actually Kut became Kuwait, because in Kuwait we used to give diminutive words to things instead of calling them by their actual name; so Kut = Fort that is built by the sea, Kuwayt is the diminutive word for Kut, so Small Fort by the sea.
We often don't have a chance. If a name or a more severe misconception has already been widely spread, it is very hard to reverse it. The same principle applies to names of the states. It will usually take decades for the general preception to change.
@Dirk Platinum Portugal ironically being one of the exceptions. Meanwhile Germany answers Yes! when asked how many different names did they want to be known for.
The Netherlands, not “Het Nederlands” Germany, not “Deutschland” Italy, not “Italia” Spain, not España Finland, not “Suomi” Hungary, not “Magyarország” Austria, not “Österreich” It looks like Anglophone has been dominated the Europe
the *english name* of the country. Most of these names have nothing to do with the native language (or neighbouring language) of the country name though
China and Korea's name are understandable and are named after one of their dynasties, foreigners actually made an effort to call them the way they want to be called since the name China might have derived from the Qing and Qin dynasties, while Korea's was the name of their first unified Kingdom (Goryeo) and arguably their most powerful ancient kingdom during the era of the 3 kingdoms (Goguryeo), the problem is, foreigners don't know when this kingdoms they used to know change their name since communication between countries used to be hectic as fuck and takes 2+ years, this is like when Goryeo changed its name to Joseon etc, so the foreigners stick with the names they already know when refering to the place in a map, so the name eventually stuck, as for Japan a more likely origin of the name is that Nippon was mispronounced by people, since Japan and Nippon sound very similar.
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When pronouncing Sanskrit words, you don’t need to pronounce the last letter “a”. That is there just so you extend the pronunciation of last sound before the “a”. For example, “CĪNA” or चीन is pronounced “CHEEN” with extended intonation at “N” and skipping the letter “A” altogether. This is true for all Sanskrit words written in English/Latin alphabet. Another word was “DEŚA” or देश which is pronounced like “THEY-SH”.
"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit . Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land
13:38 Yes. Romans did know about Sri Lanka. In fact, Pliny the Elder writes in his "Natural History" about "Annius Plocamus " a tax collector who facilitated trade between the Roman Empire and present day Sri Lanka.
13:14 The name Bharata has two connections One with the Semi-mythical Emperor of all of the Indian subcontinent EMPEROR BHARATHA in whose dynasty was the famous war of MAHABHARATA Happened and the epic of Mahabharata was written. The other one is from the Vedic tribes that formed the Early proto-republics of Ancient India and the most Dominant and powerful of them was the BHARATHA Tribe.
@@ABHI690 You should probably research about it,I also was not aware of this before I started reading up about it. You can start from a basic Wikipedia search about Vedic tribes.👍🏻
The word Taiwan did come from indigenous Taiwanese. However it had several names in history: Yizhou夷洲（baren island), Liuqiu流求(considered a part of Ryukyu islands), Dongning東寧（peace in the east). Dongning and Taiwan are the two names of the island when it serves as a province of China (Ming, Qing and ROC).
The name "Taiwan" comes from the ancient place name Danyuan in southern Taiwan. The location of this name is the area near the Anping area of Tainan today [19]. The origin of the name is said to be that the Han people called the terrain of the large bay in the inland sea of the Taijiang River "Tāi-uân". Due to different local dialects, it was officially written as "Tāi-uân" or "Dayuan" due to different local dialects. "Tāi-uán", "Tai-uân", etc. Another theory is that it is a transliteration of the local aboriginal Siraya tribe, which means "meeting place" or "coastal land" [20], or it is said to be derived from the self-proclaimed name of the Dawulong tribe [21]. The Dutch called Taiwan by this name when they came to Taiwan, and pronounced it as Teyoan, Taioan, Teyouvan, Tayouan, Taiyouan, and Taiyouhan[22]. Finally, it was named "Taiwan (Tâi-uân)" during the Qing Dynasty until now.
In case of Sri Lanka, Lanka word already existed from ancient time such as in Ramayana it's called as "LANKA" only, but by adding Sri, it's mostly used for respect.
Our country knows as srilanka after 1972 when it became a republic.but e did moy learn what was the name in ancient they were different names lanka,lankadwipa,sihala dweepa, British said ceylon,arab sais serendib, Vijay said thambapanni.mostly used sinhale
The Korean flag🇰🇷 has a history that has continued since the Joseon Dynasty. It represents the spirit of Korea. During the Japanese colonial era, we all waved this flag. Even after the division of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea also used the flag for a while. Until the Soviet Union ordered a change to communist style.😕
You are absolutely correct regarding India. Originally it is called as Bhārat, and recognised by the constitution. Before there is any country that was even identified, India was called as "Bharata varsha" after the king Bharata, who conquered all six parts of the world and fought with his brother to conquer the last remaining city of the world. In ancient times, it was called as "Jambu dweepa". The term "India" is put by the British which has no meaning or even not identified in sastras.
Most of the Names of these Countries are of Indo-Iranian(sanskrit & persian) origin. And Iran means Land of the Aryans. Also Vedic aryans called their nation Aryavarta means abode of Aryans.
Aryan in sanskrit means a nobel person , in mahabharata pahalva kingdom of Iran is called a vedic kingdom . ancient persian language Avesta is similar to sanskrit only few words are changed .
Actually as far as I know.. Bangladesh gets its name from two words- "Bangla" denoting the language spoken in the country and "Desh" meaning country (in Bangla language).. So in short Bangladesh means "Country of the Bangla speaking people".. Interesting points: 1.Earlier it was a part of Bengal sultante (or subah), then British India and then East Pakistan before gaining independence as a separate nation. 2. It was basically a part of undivided Bengal till partition after which it, majorly being inhabited by Bengali Muslims, decided to join Pakistan before gaining independence as separate nation. 3. The other half of Bengal (West Bengal), being inhabited mostly by Bengali Hindus, is still an important and integral part of India.
@@hrishavroy3450 yep it reunited in 1911 and Rabindranath tagore who was against this partition got nobel prize in 1913. Aftermaths : *Muslim league was reformed after 1915 *Dhaka University was established in 1921 *Partition of India happened in 1947 and East Bengal (Present Bangladesh🇧🇩) joined Pakistan *East Pakistan became an independent country called ''Bangladesh'' in 1971 after a 9 months war against West Pakistan
They should have just made another new country called United Bengal... What we suffered in the 1971 war was enough for both East Pakistanis and West Pakistanis
Just a heads up. The language and people of Cambodia are pronounced Khamai not how it's spelled Khmer. Not a bit deal. Just letting you know. Edit: Source: I dated a girl while I was in Siem Reap.
@@aethyrial3856 Not trying to flex. Just trying to say that I was there for a decent amount of time and was involved in the culture. Not just a fly in fly out deal.
@Lianhua Xin That would be more accurate as the k is super short. I didn't think about people just reading it drawing out kha. Also did not think about them reading mai as may. I guess more accurate for western readers would be k'my,
Both the Greeks and the Romans had established connections with Sri Lanka. In fact, Sri Lankan emissaries had been in Rome when the Romans were fighting English Barbarians.
I think it's important to say that Georgia is the "international" name, because native georgians call their country "Sakartvelo" (საქართველო in their alphabet) that would mean "where the kartveli are from" (sa- being a sufix meaning where) and kartveli, how they call themselves, apparently comes from one of the first villages of the country. :)
As a Georgian myself i agree…. Kartli is actually one of the regions of the country . Name could have derived from greek georgos as a land of the farmer since in antique times Georgia was know for its fertile land
@@dedisfication Georgia was used because of Saint George probably, If I am mistaken the one who is buried on the bottom level of that giant church in Tbilisi. And of course, as you said, the name George/ia (male/female) comes from the word for agriculture. Ancient Greeks called the place Kolhis and Iberia and Batis the nowadays city of Batumi.
The word Siam are more likely to be delivered from a Sanskrit word rather than Chinese as the nation has a strong bond with theravada Buddhism since the past. But there's also other argument mentioned that the Thai Royals does has Chinese ancestry since the early of Ayutthaya Kingdom. Thais prefer to say Prathet Thai rather than Muang Thai but maybe it use for certain or specific occasions
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I knew the origin story of a couple of them but not all by any means, well done. The only thing I would like to mention is that you forgot about Bahrain 🇧🇭. It comes from Arabic "بحر /baḥr/" meaning sea and the suffix that makes the singular term double (sorry I don’t know if there’s a better way or a specific term in English to describe it), overall meaning "The Two Seas". Wish you all the best from Iran 🇮🇷
More on Korea because I was expecting something more in-depth: Both Koreas refer to themselves differently: South Koreans call their own country: 대한민국 (dae-han-min-guk) which in chinese is 大韩民国 (da-han-min-guo) with each character meaning (great-han-people's-country or great-han-republic) where Han is how the Koreans refer to themselves as a nation. It is usually shortened to 한국(hanguk - korean country). The south Koreans refer to north korea as 북한 (buk-han or literally "the Northern Han") North Koreans on the other hand prefer to use the pre-Imperial name of 조선 (Joseon or sometimes seen as Chosun) for their country. This was the name of the kingdom between 1392 and 1897. North Koreans refer to South Korea as 남조선 (nam-joseon = South Joseon)
16:35 Well, from what i've learnt from school, iran or eran is a evolved for of the proto Indo-European word for arian/aria which means land of arians (âiriânim vaejuae, âiirân vajae, irân vaej, irân). And arian/aria means "pure" or "noble" And its been in use since 4 thousand, maybe even before that. Iran has been named eranshahr too (eran= land of arians , shahr= country/city)
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ive studied sanskrit in highschool, my grandmother is an avid sanskrit text reader, and I kid you not,the amount of sanskrit I see in these country origins is both quite shocking. edit: countries I saw from sanskrit origin: Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kuwait
"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit . Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land
I’d assume a lot of Americans don’t know much about the Middle East outside Saudi Arabia/Egypt(maybe Israel too if we’re being generous) either, I sure didn’t see any of the others when I was younger
people like to correct Americans by saying what they usually refer to Asia is actually East and/or Southeast Asia but imho the whole idea of Asia was made up to contrast with Europe so it doesn't really matter
They didn't highlight it for either nation because of the disputed status it has globally which I find absurd since they cut a part of Ladakh (specifically Aksai Chin) and displayed it as a part of China. They only highlighted Jammu and Kashmir after both India and Pakistan were discussed. But yeah the map is distorted.
Okay so as an Arab I have to point out the following: Some of the names you mentioned have perfectly understandable Arabi meanings without having to look for origins. Like Qatar for example You thought it was those old mapping guys and the names evolved from there, but it's definitely the opposite. They knew them by those names because that's what the Arabs already called them. And the distortion of course comes because they're translating the names to their tongue. This btw confirms the idea I had from the start of the video that in a lot of cases (not all) you find the original western name and work from their, which is misleading to say the least.
That is a good point and an important correction. In GK's defence I think he is tracking the origin of the modern international name (let's face it, that means current English language name, basically). Anyway, it would be less interesting if he only said "Qatar means xxxx in Arabic", but I agree he should have added that, in addition to the history of the modern "international" name.
@@tonynunes4965 it's important to note that Names are different in languages, each language uses a name for a specific country and that name drives from different place, here we are using English so we are talking about the names of these nations in english, like Germany, in English it's called germany but in Arabic it's called "Almania" both names come from different places, Soo Qatar in English comes from different place than Arabic, And each language gets the name from different place. So it's not important to use what it means in Arabic because the english didn't take the name from Arabic it took it from different language So the origin of that name in English will be different than the Origin of the name in Another language!
I think if you did a video of from where country's names in Arabic originated, you wouldn't necessarily explain it as "this is how the natives say it" and leave it at that. The video would be very short and very incomplete. The point of this video is how the ENGLISH names of these countries came to be.
That's how some of these countries are pronounced in Persian: (I found it interesting) Zhaapon (Jaapon) Cheen Koreh (meaning ball shaped) Hend (formal: Hendustan) Andonezee Arabestaan Araaq Afqanestaan Paakestaan Gorjestaan Lobnaan Emaaraat Ordon Essraaeel Yaman Surieh Koveyt Aazarbaayjaan Armanestaan Torkiyeh Btw the suffix "stan" is a Persian suffix meaning "place of" or "land of" or "full of".
@@sleepyjam7845 So where exactly is the place of Russia when it comes to undermining sovereignty and annexing territory? Anyone remember which country Vladivostok and Tannu Uriankhai belongs to in Qing dynasty? Don't be silly. The reason China banned YT is simply because it will hinder their legitimacy to rule as YT still don't fully come under the control of PRC.
Ugggg . How did i miss this video? I usually watch your vids the first day they available! I’m still available to go on a diplomatic mission to the “micro nation” of the Republic of Molossia….. as it’s less than thirty minutes away! Great work
There is something else about Turkmenistan's name, It comes from the Persian words Tir-o-Kaman, meaning bow and arrow, because those people were good at shooting arrows.
the means of "Indian Islands" in Indonesia is refer to geographic location that the Islands location is at eastern of India subcontinent the Islands also known as Spice Islands since back in age of exploration much European comes to Indonesia for spices in Indonesia there is also local name for the Islands that is Nusantara or Islands in Between since the location is between Asia and Australia and Indian and Pacific ocean the term Nusantara also refers to entire Malay Archipelago which is include Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei, East Timor, Mindanao in Philippines and Southern Thailand
@@seiwat8564 dulu² seluruh kawasan kita ni di panggil melayu . Dari selatan burma hingga ke mindanau selatan filipina skrg ni . Ini alam melayu . Dn dalam alam melayu ni terdapat byk sekali kerajaan² . Bila penjajah dtg dia nk pisah² melayu ni sbb tu di indonesia skrg ni melayu cuma jdi suku walhal semua suku tu adalah melayu . Ini semua helah satu pihak nk menghapuskan melayu
I only know the pronunciation because the US Navy teaches us about the battle at Leyte Gulf! But I have a Filipina girlfriend now too, so I have no more excuses when it comes saying things wrong 😅
17:42: It's worth noting that _Georgia_ is country's exonym (external name) the Western world adopted and later became its international name. The endonym (native name) is _Sakartvelo (საქართველო)_ which literally means _the land of the Kartvels, the place of the Kartvels,_ or simply _of the Kartvels._ Kartvels (ქართველები) are the native ethnic group of Georgia. The word _Kartvel_ comes from the core region of Georgia called _Kartli_ which gets its name from the medieval kingdom of the same name - Kingdom of Kartli - the most direct predecessor of Kingdom of Georgia (also referred as _Georgian Empire_ in some sources); although the ancient polity (and later a kingdom) of Colchis also played a major role in its formation as both kingdoms spoke related languages (known as Kartvelian languages), and shared lots of cultural heritage. The Kingdom of Kartli was called _Iberia_ in the Greco-Roman geography while Colchis is a Greco-Roman name itself that was later adopted by Georgian historians too; the ancient native name of Colchis was _Egrisi,_ and its origins are unknown. As for the origin of the name _Kartli,_ it't highly debated, but the most widely-accepted hypothesis is that it came from the Iranian word _"kart",_ meaning _"a land that is surrounded",_ referring to the mountainous nature of the region that served as a natural fortification which made the region hard to invade. P.S.: I'm Georgian but the sources I've read are all in English, so feel free to do your own research.
Thank you for pointing this out. Several months after visiting Tbilisi last year, I have been calling the country _Sakartvello_. This is out of respect for the country, but also because I'm tired of people confusing it with the American state called Georgia. I hope we can get more and more people to call it _Sakartvelo_.
1:50 I have a handfan that my dad got as a souvenir from the Philippines, and when I close the fan halfway it says “Islands of the Philip” which I thought was rather funny that a regular human name could be found in a country name(now that I think about it, that’s pretty hypocritical since the US state I live in is called “Georgia”). I didn’t know it derived from someone who actually had the name, until now!
10:23 That word "suvannabhumi" looks closest to amalgamation of two Sanskrit words 'suvarna + bhumi or swarna + bhumi' which means land of Gold or Golden land.
Sri Lanka (Siri Lanka or Lanka) was known as Ceylon under British rule. Prior to colonisation it was known as “Hela Bima” which translated into English means land of the “Hela” people. The main language spoken is “Sinhala” or “hela basa”.
Lol you are not aware of Google different map boders, then I think you should know about it because Google uses different boders for different countries he is from another country so Google shows different map boundaries for him it's not his fault so pls learn a little more about Google maps and policies from Wikipedia or theirs official page then comment
@@koustavchakraborty3694thanks for your advice , i will read that stuff . According to you jammu and kashmir is not the part of Google maps due to its policies 🤣. Google shows full maps with borders nomatter j&k included in india or pak or china according their countries Google maps ,but the area is defined properly . skipping the land area is not the part of Google policies bro 🤣 . Google shows jammu and kashmir everywhere in the world .(anyone can search j&k)he should have included it anywhere (basic). And for knowing this atlas is enough ...Half knowledge is dangerous 👍🏻 .
@@eternalgamer674 Lol how delusional 😂 Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state during British rule with a Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh . And he signed Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and J &K became the part of India .
Good presentation as always. If as per this video Jammu and Kashmir is shown as a separate entity(neither part of India nor Pakistan), then its only fair to extend the same benifit to COK/Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram/Shaksgam Valley.
INDIA= western people called Sindhu River as Indus so they referred the bank as India. But India's original name is BHARAT which is form with two Sanskrit words. BHA=light & Rata=Knowledge; i.e. Land from where knowledge is spread like light. BTW you are using a wrong map. Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin are intregal parts of India.
Thanks, Armenia's original name was Hayq, -q being a suffix similar to Iranian -Stan, or latin -ia. After centuries of being close to Iranians, the Hay people, Armenians, started refering to their country as Hayastan which is what Armenia is called in Arm. Language. Btw Hay should be read as "High" in English
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As an Armenian I would strongly insist, that the country's name by Armenian people should be called ''Hayq'', or ''Hayasi'', but not Hayastan, as the suffix ''stan'' has nothing to do with our, Armenian culture...
The people around Indus(name given by others) called this river as sindhu, and the Persians called those people as hindu( as they are unable to pronounce correctly), and Europeans called it as indu( reason is same as above) and the name become later on Indus and after all india... And btw map of India is totally wrong, you should include jammu and kashmir as they are the integral part of India..
@G.S Technically the king of Jammu and Kashmir gave his kingdom to India and signed a treaty for it, because the Pakistanis wanted to annex Kashmir just like baluchistaan. But I agree the map shown in this videos is correct because what we don't administer(PoK) can't really be shown as part of our country.
@G.S kashmir does not solely belong to kashmiri Muslims. Jammu is Hindu majority and Ladakh is non Muslim majority and they consider themselves Indians.
@@mens.glowupKashmir is an inaugural part of India anyone says otherwise comes under police arrest threat, Kashmir is/was and always be a part of India Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳
In Southern Chinese dialects, Japan has been called: Yapon. When the Europeans first came to China, initially the Portuguese and Spaniards, they arrived in the South and adopted the pronunciation. Obviously, in many Romance languages, "J" has been pronounced as "Y". So, they spelled Yapon as Japon/Japan. Then, the British came and mixed up the pronunciation, mistakenly converting the Y-sounded J to dz-sounded J, just like "Yesus" to "Jesus", "Yerusalem" to "Jerusalem". So, after the British became the strongest colonial power, the dz-sounded J stayed and Yapon had since then been pronounced as Japan (with the dz-sounded "J").
Yes. You are accurate. The India given by British came from Indus river. Interestingly, we indians locally call it Sindu River. So, S in Sindu become H in Hindu. And now they call it Indus. What a distortion.
Probably you might be unaware of the fact that word bangla originated from language Bangali/Bengali referring to people who speaks bengali and bengali is one of the closest child language to Sanskrit. Where both are in existence way before noah. How come noah or his descendants get into the picture even?
13:20 the name BHARAT came from "THE GREAT EMPEROR BHARAT " who United the entire indian subcontinent. He is referred to in religious texts as MAHABHARAT( the great war of BHARATA) . India's religions are based on its history.
Nearly all 20-30 India's neighbouring country's name have sanskrit origin but with the colonization by European countries in Asia they mispronounced them as they were very bad at pronounciation of sanskrit names. So these names seems similar to sanskrit language.
Except brunei has nothing to do with india. Brunei old name came from malay language words baru ni. Meaning baru(new) ni(this). Not varun or varuni indian god. Thats nonsense. Because of awang alak betatar is from kadayan malay tribes so he used his natives slank bru nei
Indonesian isles 1. Sumatera ( Samudera, from kingdom of Samudera Pasai, Aceh) , in ancient Hindu period , its named " Svarnabhumi/ Svarnadwipa" ( Island of Gold/ Pulau Emas) 2. Java in ancient Hindu period called Javadwipa or island of Seeds (Pulau Padi/ Juwawut) , this island is mentioned in Ramayana epic. 3. Borneo ( Berunai?) , Sulawesi ( Culabesi/ironhorn?) , Papua ( Land of Papuans?) ,
No the “Go” sound in Korean is pronounced as “Ko” and because of how Koreans was pronouncing the name “Goryeo” over time it became Koryeo then Korea so yeah but hell this is what the Koreans told me
Original name of India is BHARATHA , a Sanskrit word which means Bhava, Raga and Tala. Bharata means a land which showered from primordial sound shabda BrahmAn ie OM. "STAN" is a Sanskrit word which means place with a boundaries. Pakistan, Tazakistan, Azbekistan all these Stan ended nations rooted in Sanskrit.
I believe Nepal's name comes from a Tibeto-Burman language, Newari to be precise. "Pa" is a suffix meaning people(correct me if I'm wrong) used in Tibeto-Burman languages, Bod(Tibet)->Bodpa, Druk(Bhutan)->Drukpa, Dolpo->Dolpopa and so on. Places ending with a vowel in traditional Newari homeland like the Kathmandu valley usually get an 'l' at the end over time, "Chabahi:" becomes "Chabahil" , "Janabaha:" becomes "Janabahal". Nepali borrows many words from Newari, words like "pasa:" in Newari becomes "pasal" in Nepali. Newars also refer to their language as "Nepal bhasa" meaning Nepal language. Before being known as Nepal, the kingdom used to be referred to as Gorkha, and before that the country was divided into numerous smaller states which had no single long-lasting name in particular.
But when during my primary school we used to read the the name is come from Newari word and Ne and Pa and later changed to Nepal also another is "Ne" means wool and "Pal" means house in Nepali since in ancient times the Nepal used to rear large no of sheep.
18:41 actually a better explanation would be that it comes from the Greek word "Sirios", which is what they called the Arameans, the main people that have inhabited that land, unlike the Assyrians.
There is actually many theories. But the one he spoke about is because of the big presence of Persians in that area at the time of Arab-Persian wars (in the 18th century I think). However some people argue that its real name is Eeman not Ojman.
Brunei old name can be divided into 2 theory. No1 baru nah which means tanah baru or new land. No2 baru ni which means something new. So it makes sense that awang alak betatar is kadayan thats why he used the words nei at the end because mostly kadayan people using nei not ni. Baru nei or brunei still sounds the same. Btw do not believe what foreigners saying about brunei. What varun? Varuna? Come on lah thats very nonesense. They even using different picture. Awang alak betatar he is malays. He wear dastar not sarban. And he dont dress like persian people. He wear almost same cloths just like what malays and javanese wearing that time
@@vuquangminh6482 That's true but... In this case, it kind of makes sense given that India (the region) was home to an eminent civilisation so it was perfectly reasonable for them to call it the "Sea of the Indians", given that most likely where they were going to if they navigate in those waters. It's after that this thing got out of hand. I still wish they gave it a distinctive name, though 😕 like the Atlantic for example. Nowadays, you could be like "Indian, huh ?" So, you mean... 1. from the modern 🇮🇳 South Asian republic 2. the Sub-Himalayan region where it is located 3. the ocean that borders those two. Or maybe, you know, *THE PEOPLES THAT DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME HEMISPHERE AS THEM* ---> 🌎 (mostly in English, though) It's ... bananas.
13:14 Yes you are right there were other names like Hindustan and Aryavratta (not that stupid so called aryan invasion theorie one 'Aryan' ) but most popular and commonly used here is India or Bharat . Just last year few people asked the government to rename it Bharat with 1 common name but the supreme court refused the petition saying that Article 1 of Indian constitution already refers 'India that is Bharat' . Thats kind of sad for me as because i am one of them who want Bharat to have 1 common name used worldwide , i just hope it happen someday 😊
@LoL Noob account india was given by greek and persians which has almost lost the route , whereas Bharat was the name used from thousands and thousands of years . If you are from India you would defiantly know the line 'Bharat Mata ki Jay' (Hail to mother Bharat) we dont say it India mata ki jai. so theres a difference . and india is now an independent country so our country , our name why should a foreigner interfere here ?. hope you got it 😃
Asia, the largest continent in the world. Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Armenia, are in Asia. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, are in Asia. A number of people think that only East Asians, like Japan, China, and Korea, are the only Asians, but that is wrong, Asia has so much variety, and are all Asians.
That's true. Also big part of Russia is also Asia. And both transcaucasion three countries. But the most big continent is Europe Asia. With Russia and Georgia there and with connecting with Europe and Asia.
It is true that Bharat is a native name from India. But it is not the name of a religious figure. it is a name of a great king named King Bharat ( pronounced Bha-raat). He was son of King Dushyanta and was very brave.
Emperor Bharata is a Legendary character and there's no historical support to it. Modern historians think that the name derives from a Vedic tribe, the Bharata Tribe, who claims descent from King Bharata.
@@jojosekhose2008 A lot of places are named after legendary characters. Greece- its native name, Hellas- is named after a legendary character. Athens- the Goddess Athena. A legendary Goddess. Also, sometimes we find that those legendary characters are real. They found out that Troy from the Illiad is real! But I'd be proud to have my country named after a legendary hero from the Mahabharata, one of the greatest stories ever told!
Did I get any of these wrong?
You forgot about Bahrain
When you spoke about Saudi arabia i expected you to speak about the origin of the word "arab" because almost everyone know that the word "Saudi" is the name of the royal family.... Also, you should apologize about forgetting Bahrain, about saying that ajam is a Persian word while it is an arabic word, and also Kut is an arabic word not hindustani one 😒😒😒
Also, if any arabic subscriber recognize that you intended to make Israel's part at the minute 19:48 in reference to the masecares that happened at the year 1948 you will lose them
Apart for a few mispronounciation which is normal. You did an excellent job imo, short and packed.
Yes georgia is on wrong continent
@@EuropeanAndrew he mentioned why those countries are on this video on a prior one.
Now it makes sense, John Cina
lmfao
John Xina*
come on stop bullying the poor guy
@@rj5848 lol this is the most absurd way I've seen someone try to minimize China.
John China?
Country Timestamps:
00:45 Japan
1:38 Philippines
2:02 Korea
3:05 Taiwan
4:50 China
5:50 Mongolia
6:28 Vietnam
7:06 Laos
7:34 Cambodia
8:01 Brunei
8:40 Malaysia
9:18 Indonesia
9:40 Singapore
10:10 Thailand
10:52 Myanmar/Burma
11:19 Bangladesh
11:57 Bhutan
12:14 Nepal
12:57 India
13:22 Sri Lanka
13:56 Maldives
14:10 Pakistan
14:41 Tajikistan
14:56 Kyrgyzstan
15:12 Kazakhstan
15:26 Uzbekistan
15:49 Turkmenistan
16:19 Afghanistan
16:34 Iran
17:03 Iraq
17:25 Azerbaijan
17:42 Georgia
18:05 Armenia
18:42 Syria
19:01 Lebanon
19:12 Palestine
19:49 Israel
20:06 Jordan
20:20 Saudi Arabia
20:46 Kuwait
21:04 United Arab Emirates
22:01 Qatar
22:21 Oman
22:52 Yemen
Thanks
How about Bahrain?
I laos
This list available in description in this video
Bahrain is not mentioned... WHY..!!!
“Well because nearly 80% of the world or more don’t know that Bahrain exist.”
(I asked a question, answered my own question 😐)
So East Asian names basically is Portuguese people trying to speak persian
Lol basically. English people translating portuguese people trying to speak Persian. 🤣🤣
Persian.? not all. Japan name definitely nothing persian influence as stated in the video
Funny
@@romanyoder9266 In case of China it's even worse, it's like English translating Portuguese, while Portugese themselves were trying to translate Persian, while Persian themselves were trying to translate Sanskrit.
Pretty fucked up😂
lol
Respect to Iran for pointing out their right name to the world. I feel like countries and their people should have a say in what they want the world to call them. Not by some past-timer foreigners.
One other important reason is that persia refers to just one group of our people living in the southern region of the country while we have hundreds of different ethnicities who are not pars or persian, but are in fact iranian
Plenty of countries call other countries by different names. Greeks call Greece "Hellas", Germans call Germany "Deutschland", Finns call Finland "Suomi", it's not uncommon for foreigners to refer to a country by a different name. It's their language so they ultimately decide what they'll call other places
Eastern Timor = Timor Leste = East East
Just fyi, before Timor Leste become a country the area were called "Timor Timur" which literally means "East East" as what you're saying ^^
@@yudhobaskoro8033 oh, really? i didn't know that haha, guess i have to learn more, thanks for the info :D 👌
@@yudhobaskoro8033 We should start referring to Timor Timur as West Timor Timur to avoid further confusion, and to just add more confusion.
❤️💛🧡
East East is one of my favorite country names by far. Its just too funny.
As people have pointed out, the island is split and both halves are called East East, literally because colonisers didn't understand the local language. I just can't with it
The TITLE should be: How each Asian country gets "English" name.
@@gon_freecs4030 in the meantime, they also have French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese …… names.
If you are not happy with your name, I assume its your choice to rename it?
@@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs me:
*laughs in Nepali*
@@safalparajuli aeee Nepali
Yes english name
Its not english its international name...
5:31 That's the Qing dynasty, it was established in 1636, thousands of years after the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC which is the one that most believe is the origin of the word Cina you mentioned.
This guy knows nothing about China so he should shut up. This a such obvious mistake.
Indian, persian and arabs had already made trade with unified Qin (chin) dynasty in 2nd century BC through silk road, importing their tea and porcelain (china), thats why when europeans take over the maritime silk route from the arab, persian and indian traders they call the land as such.
@@quasar7055 why are you so mad lmao
@@kaiden7063 Bro, time out.
What tf is that profile picture 😂 ?
@@quidam_surprise what's the issue
Because Bahrain was excluded, I will include it in the comment section.
Bahrain is an Arabic word meaning "Two Seas", and is thought to either refer to the fact that the islands contain two sources of water, sweet water springs and salty water in the surrounding seas, or to the south and north waters of the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Arabian coast and Iran, respectively.
Source: Bahrain - McGill School Of Computer Science
7:59 ancient Sanskrit texts mention a land by name 'Kamboj Desh'. Probably that's origin of this name.
Yes it is the sanskrit name of Cambodia. Kambu in sanskrit mean gold so Kambuja or Kamboja means the "golden land" or sovannaphum which is the reference to land of Cambodia during the Angkor period.
@@kemvichetlong1102
Interesting, in Sanskrit:
Suvarn - Gold
Bhoom - Land
Kamboja was one of the 16 Mahajanpads that make India which is today now.
It was present north to gandhar(modern day afganistan)
@@samgal9205 Maybe they change those words (Many language got change over time)
@@D__Ujjwalmay you give me a detailed or definition of Mahajanapadas please?
The rest of asian nations: (deep origin or unknown origins)
Meanwhile Philippines: name it after a European Catholic King....
that doesn't mean that it doesn't have deep origin
@@koppii2 Right
@@koppii2 well it does.... It's just named after a spanish King.... I am a Filipino and I love the name Philippines.... It's just that it is named after a spanish King.... There were times when the name is suggested to be changed from Philippines to Maharlika (which is a class of the Lower Nobility) but Philippines is a pride for me... And I don't care if it is named after a person...
@@handidandi0220 The name Maharlika is not suggested to be CHANGED, it is suggested to BRING BACK. Maharlika is the original name of the Philippines before the Spanish Era.
Yeah it does so what are you even pointing at on your comment.
@@koppii2 Lol, no. Maharlika is NOT the original name of the Philippines. It was just suggested by politicians.
Roman emissaries visited Sri Lanka during the reign of Emperor Claudius. They gave a large amount of glass beads to the Sri Lankan king at the time, King Bhathikabeye, who then donated it to the temple of Ruwanwali Maha Saaye, the largest and most important Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. I'm a student of history from Sri Lanka, and this is the only instance I know of Sri Lankans interacting with the Romans.
Wow
I don't know about Sri Lankan history but Romans traded extensively with the southern Indian kingdoms, there was a temple of Emperor Augustus somewhere in South India, ambassadors from both sides regularly visited each other and these relations went on for more than three centuries, in light of this we can say that they must have known about Sri Lanka.
Oh,I know Rome used to use ports from Egypt to trade with India,So there must have been some connection,But wow Romans in India,How cool,Love from Egypt btw.
@Mario Fonseca well even as far back as Ptolemy's world map, Sri Lanka is showed as an island. If we look even far back, their might be an instance like that, but I can't find it
@Mario Fonseca well that's entirely possible since there was a land bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India back in the day.
Also are you Indian? Because you have such a Sri Lankan name : D
There's a typo or mistake with the China part, the ancient Perian use of Chin/Cina referring to China during the QIN dynasty, not QING dynasty, since QIN was from 2nd century BC, whereas the QING dynasty started in the 17th century.
Bharat comes from an ancient king, named 'Bharat'. He captured the land from Himalayas to Indian Ocean.
He named it 'Bharatvarsh'
Captured 😑😑
Dude he was King of this land
@@vimdhayakjiofhimachal6448 that's u learn wen u read Aryan invasion theory
@@AnkitKumar-tk7nb Aryan invasion 😑😑
Dude in ancient times migration used to happen
N Aryan theory is not proven yet
Go n check it
It's not relevant
Many migration of humans used to happen in ancient times
And
Invasion is not a correct word
Bec.
Invasion r done on kingdom or country
And
During Aryan Dravidian times there were no kingdoms n countries
British people captured Britain
How does this sound?😂🤣😂🤣
Aryan and davidian theory was given by marxist historians and Brits to divide us.. dont follow that
I’m surprised nobody else mentioned you forgot Bahrain. It comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, meaning two seas.
Ya habibi, Ya hanana
Gosok gigi, pakai sepana
East Timor?
@@oshi2119 Yeah I put it there already sir lol
Probably because you can't see or find it on the map. 😂
Bahrain was one of the Iran islands in persian gulf separeted from Iran by birtish
India is also known as Hindustan which is also derived from Sindhu river
Hindu is Sindhu and stan is land
It means land near river sindhu
That's of Persian descent if im not wrong
@@BeanOnTheFlipside correct
No Persian decent..what you talking ,people of indus valley is dravidians..
@@BeanOnTheFlipside indians have no connections with Persian until mughals ...indians are mix of indoaryan ,elamit, dravidian and austroloids.most of indians dna show relation with austroloids..
Sanskrit 🧡🤍💚
Singapore was known as Temasek from 13-14th century, after 14th it was Singapura. Temasek is still an important name in current Singapore and used for many institutions.
Land of lions
Singapore comes from the Sanskrit word Simhapuri - Simha (Lion) Puri (place, country, city)
Slowly over time the word changed to what it is now
i love how every countries name was mis-translated words , from an unknown source or common name in ancient times then there's the philippines
Lol Philippines is Property of king philips😂
Lmao. If I'm not mistaken, their former president wanted to change the name to a more native sounding name but he failed I guess.
Each islands in the Philippines had their ancient names though, we're different because our islands werent unified by an empire, we were only unified because of our colonizers
Here's an example, cebu before was called sibu, and luzon was called Luzon based on the inhabitants there that were called lusong
Negros island had their own name too, but was changed by the Spaniards because of the native's skin color
Kung walang Spain, Di mabubuo ang bansang pilipinas,, bawat isla sa Pilipinas dati ay may sarisariling mundo.
@@TheSeth2003 I heard from a chinese that Luzon's name was originally (as far as I can remember) called Liu Zhong (related to chinese words). I'm gonna edit this if I found that chinese one comment.
Edit: My mistake. She said it was originally called, Liu Song.
Edit 2: You can find her comment on "What do Chinese think of Philippines..." by Chinesevid. It is under the pinned comment there. She is called halashet.
Bahrain: Am I a joke to you?! :(
Who cares
@@ap6480 calm down bro
@@yogisteinanimations8235 who cares
@@ropsen lol wtf😅
you have something against Bahrain don't you?! XD
@@wariare12world95 they were prob joking
Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines - Southern Thailand - Singapore - Brunei = *"Nusantara"*
@@pocongmumun79 back then is langkasuka and old kedah
Malaya penisula?
@@zaldyv3406 Maybe yes
Indo-Facific 🌏🇮🇩
You spelled Sunda Empire wrong.
You forgot East Timor! The named drived from the word Timor which is the name of the island it sits on, when translated, Timor means east, so calling east Timor actually calling it "East of the East" the name of the island itself is referred from the location which is the most Eastern island on the greater Sunda Archipelago. When still under Indonesian colonization, the area was a part of Timor Timur Province, before seceding from Indonesia in 2002. Other name of the country is "Timor Larosae" on which "Larosae" means "Rising Sun" on regional language.
Timor is the island, because it is in the east. East Timor (Timor-Leste) is because the country is only on the eastern half of the island. West Timor is part of Indonesia. West Timor (Timor Barat) was also previously known as Indonesian Timor and Dutch Timor. East Timor was Portuguese Timor. No prize for guessing how that division happened. 😊
How did he miss that the local name for Bhutan is Druk Yul, which means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"? Probably the most epic name for any country in the world
bhutan is easy to miss
@@antares_m20 it's small no one wants it lacks in natural resources no one wanna see ccupy, A buffezone between a lion and dragon m
@@arghyaprotimhalder5592 yeah and also he missed hong kong and caomen just because it's smaller than taiwan.
@@notmilkie well, i guess its part of china now? which is now confusing for some of us nowadays. if its part of china or....
@@user-ek4jf4tz3j just like Tibet, didn't hear his name got called. I guess he part of China also, (although you can't say that to a Tibetan)...
China's etymology isn't about the "Qing" dynasty, but the "Qin" one, which is way more older.
秦 to be specific
Lol in iran we still call China "qin" or "chin"
@@vivimhy that’s cool to know actually. That you can still see an old empire’s historical influence alive
Qin or in English as Chin was the first dynasty while Qing was the last dynasty in the sense of having an emperor. Several thousand years in between.
@@userwsyz technically the first dynasty is Xia, or Shang
Xia having no proof but it's recorded in Ancient Chinese history books
So xia , shang, Zhou then only it's Qin
Qin was the first dynasty that the emperor call himself the emperor making himself the absolute power of the country
Bhutan's official name is Druk yul literally, "country of the Land of the Thunder Dragon," hence the dragon on the flag.🇧🇹
cool name
Hello,bro! i am from India
@@P_Dendu mean's???
@@aniket7680 nothing lol
I guess this country was made by some anime lover 😁
As an Arab I appreciate your efforts to try and pronounce the Arabic names correctly 🖐
And actually Kut became Kuwait, because in Kuwait we used to give diminutive words to things instead of calling them by their actual name; so Kut = Fort that is built by the sea, Kuwayt is the diminutive word for Kut, so Small Fort by the sea.
Portuguese: *Writes word on paper*.
East Asia: Good enough that's the *European* name of my country.
We often don't have a chance. If a name or a more severe misconception has already been widely spread, it is very hard to reverse it. The same principle applies to names of the states. It will usually take decades for the general preception to change.
@Dirk Platinum Portugal ironically being one of the exceptions. Meanwhile Germany answers Yes! when asked how many different names did they want to be known for.
The Netherlands, not “Het Nederlands”
Germany, not “Deutschland”
Italy, not “Italia”
Spain, not España
Finland, not “Suomi”
Hungary, not “Magyarország”
Austria, not “Österreich”
It looks like Anglophone has been dominated the Europe
the *english name* of the country. Most of these names have nothing to do with the native language (or neighbouring language) of the country name though
China and Korea's name are understandable and are named after one of their dynasties, foreigners actually made an effort to call them the way they want to be called since the name China might have derived from the Qing and Qin dynasties, while Korea's was the name of their first unified Kingdom (Goryeo) and arguably their most powerful ancient kingdom during the era of the 3 kingdoms (Goguryeo), the problem is, foreigners don't know when this kingdoms they used to know change their name since communication between countries used to be hectic as fuck and takes 2+ years, this is like when Goryeo changed its name to Joseon etc, so the foreigners stick with the names they already know when refering to the place in a map, so the name eventually stuck, as for Japan a more likely origin of the name is that Nippon was mispronounced by people, since Japan and Nippon sound very similar.
Asia : *exists*
Portugal and Iran : *I'll buy your entire stock*
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Only in the naming them. Nothing else.
@@inguunenkhtaivan9146 oh yeah that's right
Iran is in Asia btw
Sanskrit - Am I joke to you ?
Georgia originates from St. George, but the native country name is Sakartwelo, which wasnt described.
Well he didnt describe native names for koreas either
Name Georgia doesn't originate from St.George, but from the same greek word, that means "tiller of the land".
When pronouncing Sanskrit words, you don’t need to pronounce the last letter “a”. That is there just so you extend the pronunciation of last sound before the “a”. For example, “CĪNA” or चीन is pronounced “CHEEN” with extended intonation at “N” and skipping the letter “A” altogether. This is true for all Sanskrit words written in English/Latin alphabet. Another word was “DEŚA” or देश which is pronounced like “THEY-SH”.
"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit .
Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land
@@D__Ujjwal "Stan" is Persian, but "Sthan" as in "Rajasthan" is Sanskrit.
So Uzbekistan is literally the land of the free?
America: am I a joke to you?
@Ararune in Borat😂
@Ararune quite rare seeing a borat referrence outside of the kazakhstan national anthem, or maybe im not looking hard enough
also kinda ironic considering that Uzbekistan has a bit of a forced labour problem
Yes
@Ararune very nice
13:38 Yes. Romans did know about Sri Lanka. In fact, Pliny the Elder writes in his "Natural History" about "Annius Plocamus
" a tax collector who facilitated trade between the Roman Empire and present day Sri Lanka.
13:14
The name Bharata has two connections One with the Semi-mythical Emperor of all of the Indian subcontinent EMPEROR BHARATHA in whose dynasty was the famous war of MAHABHARATA Happened and the epic of Mahabharata was written.
The other one is from the Vedic tribes that formed the Early proto-republics of Ancient India and the most Dominant and powerful of them was the BHARATHA Tribe.
No only first one only
Second one is wrong no one knows that
@@ABHI690 Actually the second one has more of an archaeological backing.
@@ishanbajpai6940 I never heard that
@@ABHI690 You should probably research about it,I also was not aware of this before I started reading up about it.
You can start from a basic Wikipedia search about Vedic tribes.👍🏻
The word Taiwan did come from indigenous Taiwanese. However it had several names in history: Yizhou夷洲（baren island), Liuqiu流求(considered a part of Ryukyu islands), Dongning東寧（peace in the east). Dongning and Taiwan are the two names of the island when it serves as a province of China (Ming, Qing and ROC).
台湾，是郑成功起的名字。原来叫大冤
The name "Taiwan" comes from the ancient place name Danyuan in southern Taiwan. The location of this name is the area near the Anping area of Tainan today [19]. The origin of the name is said to be that the Han people called the terrain of the large bay in the inland sea of the Taijiang River "Tāi-uân". Due to different local dialects, it was officially written as "Tāi-uân" or "Dayuan" due to different local dialects. "Tāi-uán", "Tai-uân", etc. Another theory is that it is a transliteration of the local aboriginal Siraya tribe, which means "meeting place" or "coastal land" [20], or it is said to be derived from the self-proclaimed name of the Dawulong tribe [21]. The Dutch called Taiwan by this name when they came to Taiwan, and pronounced it as Teyoan, Taioan, Teyouvan, Tayouan, Taiyouan, and Taiyouhan[22]. Finally, it was named "Taiwan (Tâi-uân)" during the Qing Dynasty until now.
In case of Sri Lanka, Lanka word already existed from ancient time such as in Ramayana it's called as "LANKA" only, but by adding Sri, it's mostly used for respect.
Our country knows as srilanka after 1972 when it became a republic.but e did moy learn what was the name in ancient they were different names lanka,lankadwipa,sihala dweepa,
British said ceylon,arab sais serendib,
Vijay said thambapanni.mostly used sinhale
I would say you offended the North Koreans by showing South Korea's flag for entirety of Korea buuuut...
Maybe the great Kim watch RUclips, who knows...
Well, they can Just see this video and correct him then
The Korean flag🇰🇷 has a history that has continued since the Joseon Dynasty. It represents the spirit of Korea. During the Japanese colonial era, we all waved this flag. Even after the division of the Korean Peninsula, North Korea also used the flag for a while. Until the Soviet Union ordered a change to communist style.😕
do they even have access to this video?
@@Luzitanium if they escaped their country... but if so, in exchange of their family's lives
You miss Bahrain and East Timor !
He wasn't going to include East Timor but he did forget Bahrain
@@br_yan why didnt he include East Timor?
@@otakuofmine he said he’s including it in the Oceania video
@@otakuofmine watch the video smh
Pretty sure it means "east east"
You are absolutely correct regarding India. Originally it is called as Bhārat, and recognised by the constitution. Before there is any country that was even identified, India was called as "Bharata varsha" after the king Bharata, who conquered all six parts of the world and fought with his brother to conquer the last remaining city of the world. In ancient times, it was called as "Jambu dweepa". The term "India" is put by the British which has no meaning or even not identified in sastras.
Most of the Names of these Countries are of Indo-Iranian(sanskrit & persian) origin. And Iran means Land of the Aryans. Also Vedic aryans called their nation Aryavarta means abode of Aryans.
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Aryan in sanskrit means a nobel person , in mahabharata pahalva kingdom of Iran is called a vedic kingdom . ancient persian language Avesta is similar to sanskrit only few words are changed .
The name Aryavarta was specific to India north of vindhya mountain range. It doesn't include South or north Eastern parts of the country.
@@InterestingVideos063 Aryan in Veda means one who follow Vedic Religion or One's own people.
"land of the aryans..." Don't let Hitler see this comment. Side note: I thought Aryan means blonde, white and blue eyes.
Actually as far as I know.. Bangladesh gets its name from two words- "Bangla" denoting the language spoken in the country and "Desh" meaning country (in Bangla language).. So in short Bangladesh means "Country of the Bangla speaking people"..
Interesting points:
1.Earlier it was a part of Bengal sultante (or subah), then British India and then East Pakistan before gaining independence as a separate nation.
2. It was basically a part of undivided Bengal till partition after which it, majorly being inhabited by Bengali Muslims, decided to join Pakistan before gaining independence as separate nation.
3. The other half of Bengal (West Bengal), being inhabited mostly by Bengali Hindus, is still an important and integral part of India.
It was divided in 1905 by Britishers that's why west bengal still is West Bengal even it is in East.
@@ChoCoMoCo69 agreed and it was reunited again in 1911
@@hrishavroy3450 yep it reunited in 1911 and Rabindranath tagore who was against this partition got nobel prize in 1913.
Aftermaths :
*Muslim league was reformed after 1915
*Dhaka University was established in 1921
*Partition of India happened in 1947 and East Bengal (Present Bangladesh🇧🇩) joined Pakistan
*East Pakistan became an independent country called ''Bangladesh'' in 1971 after a 9 months war against West Pakistan
They should have just made another new country called United Bengal...
What we suffered in the 1971 war was enough for both East Pakistanis and West Pakistanis
Yeah, I'm Bangladeshi and you are absolutely right
Just a heads up. The language and people of Cambodia are pronounced Khamai not how it's spelled Khmer. Not a bit deal. Just letting you know. Edit: Source: I dated a girl while I was in Siem Reap.
yep you’re correct!
damn bro no need to 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅
@@aethyrial3856 Not trying to flex. Just trying to say that I was there for a decent amount of time and was involved in the culture. Not just a fly in fly out deal.
@Lianhua Xin That would be more accurate as the k is super short. I didn't think about people just reading it drawing out kha. Also did not think about them reading mai as may. I guess more accurate for western readers would be k'my,
@@Needed4Reddit I was just joking lol hence the bolded ‘flex’
Both the Greeks and the Romans had established connections with Sri Lanka. In fact, Sri Lankan emissaries had been in Rome when the Romans were fighting English Barbarians.
I think it's important to say that Georgia is the "international" name, because native georgians call their country "Sakartvelo" (საქართველო in their alphabet) that would mean "where the kartveli are from" (sa- being a sufix meaning where) and kartveli, how they call themselves, apparently comes from one of the first villages of the country. :)
As a Georgian myself i agree…. Kartli is actually one of the regions of the country . Name could have derived from greek georgos as a land of the farmer since in antique times Georgia was know for its fertile land
also term Georgia is most likely derived from the greek word for landworkers georgos
Well yeah India is also called Bharat and Korea is also called something else i think so it’s normal
@@dedisfication Georgia was used because of Saint George probably, If I am mistaken the one who is buried on the bottom level of that giant church in Tbilisi. And of course, as you said, the name George/ia (male/female) comes from the word for agriculture. Ancient Greeks called the place Kolhis and Iberia and Batis the nowadays city of Batumi.
wtf is that language
The word Siam are more likely to be delivered from a Sanskrit word rather than Chinese as the nation has a strong bond with theravada Buddhism since the past. But there's also other argument mentioned that the Thai Royals does has Chinese ancestry since the early of Ayutthaya Kingdom. Thais prefer to say Prathet Thai rather than Muang Thai but maybe it use for certain or specific occasions
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They said pali which is ultimately derived from sanskrit.
Yep Sanskrit had strong influence in the South East. So the chances are higher.
Yes, Sanskrit is everywhere in southeast Asia. That's why some of them are called Indo-China.
Every east Asian(China) , southeast Asian, South Asian countries name come from sanskrit used in India.
Meanwhile India's name comes from Romans
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I knew the origin story of a couple of them but not all by any means, well done. The only thing I would like to mention is that you forgot about Bahrain 🇧🇭. It comes from Arabic "بحر /baḥr/" meaning sea and the suffix that makes the singular term double (sorry I don’t know if there’s a better way or a specific term in English to describe it), overall meaning "The Two Seas". Wish you all the best from Iran 🇮🇷
thanks for adding my country 😔💗💗
@@07Yhm ☺️❤️
Bahrain means 2 seas
Exactly. I heard this years ago and was waiting for Bahrain. But sadly he forgot to mention it
More on Korea because I was expecting something more in-depth:
Both Koreas refer to themselves differently:
South Koreans call their own country: 대한민국 (dae-han-min-guk) which in chinese is 大韩民国 (da-han-min-guo) with each character meaning (great-han-people's-country or great-han-republic) where Han is how the Koreans refer to themselves as a nation. It is usually shortened to 한국(hanguk - korean country). The south Koreans refer to north korea as 북한 (buk-han or literally "the Northern Han")
North Koreans on the other hand prefer to use the pre-Imperial name of 조선 (Joseon or sometimes seen as Chosun) for their country. This was the name of the kingdom between 1392 and 1897. North Koreans refer to South Korea as 남조선 (nam-joseon = South Joseon)
Actually, Malay🇲🇾 call Japan as "Jepun", while indonesian🇮🇩 called it as "Jepang".
"Old Malays"
If I'm not mistaken, Siamese also call Japan as Jepun
@@ThatOneMalaysianGuy wdym by old malay? Bolehkah laksamana Hang Tuah menerangkan kepada tuan hamba apa yang ingin tuan katakan?
@@tehtarik4326 old malays = Melayu Klasik? Idk
Thai call Jepun
Bahrain in the background being forgotten: 👁💧👄💧👁
New Zealand of asia moment
Timor-Leste is also being forgotten.
@@VenatusUprising That one is being covered in the Oceania video.
@@FuraCaoLoko Isn't Timor leste in Asia, at least geographically?
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16:35
Well, from what i've learnt from school, iran or eran is a evolved for of the proto Indo-European word for arian/aria which means land of arians (âiriânim vaejuae, âiirân vajae, irân vaej, irân). And arian/aria means "pure" or "noble"
And its been in use since 4 thousand, maybe even before that. Iran has been named eranshahr too (eran= land of arians , shahr= country/city)
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@Shreyaawashere it's Arya no Aryan in Vedic texts
Even India's old name was Aryavart - land of aryans
ive studied sanskrit in highschool, my grandmother is an avid sanskrit text reader, and I kid you not,the amount of sanskrit I see in these country origins is both quite shocking.
edit:
countries I saw from sanskrit origin:
Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Kuwait
"Chin" was first used in Mahabharata (sanskrit) to describe yellow people on north of india. South east asian countries name are also named in sanskrit .
Any country which use "stan" is its name is also sanskrit , as it means place/land
When you told american that there are more Asians than Chinese, Korean and Japanese: 👁️👄👁️
I’d assume a lot of Americans don’t know much about the Middle East outside Saudi Arabia/Egypt(maybe Israel too if we’re being generous) either, I sure didn’t see any of the others when I was younger
people like to correct Americans by saying what they usually refer to Asia is actually East and/or Southeast Asia but imho the whole idea of Asia was made up to contrast with Europe so it doesn't really matter
@@troy5094 "Asian" is basically just people who lives in the continent of Asia, that's it.
Why these people are always making things difficult smh
@@SetuwoKecik I'm saying that it doesn't make sense for Europe and Asia to be considered different continents in the first place lol
@@troy5094 hmmm that's a fair argument
13:00 that map of india is incorrect jammu kashmir 2/3 is under india the part you have shown in pakistan 🙄
Yes finally the true indian is found
Yes the map is distorted
They didn't highlight it for either nation because of the disputed status it has globally which I find absurd since they cut a part of Ladakh (specifically Aksai Chin) and displayed it as a part of China. They only highlighted Jammu and Kashmir after both India and Pakistan were discussed. But yeah the map is distorted.
@@veeeeeeee9908 True. Aksai Chin should also not be highlighted if he is considering disputed territories not to put in any nation
You are correct but they do this because that state or land is disputed between 2 countries. Just to be safe and neutral.
Okay so as an Arab I have to point out the following:
Some of the names you mentioned have perfectly understandable Arabi meanings without having to look for origins.
Like Qatar for example
You thought it was those old mapping guys and the names evolved from there, but it's definitely the opposite.
They knew them by those names because that's what the Arabs already called them. And the distortion of course comes because they're translating the names to their tongue.
This btw confirms the idea I had from the start of the video that in a lot of cases (not all) you find the original western name and work from their, which is misleading to say the least.
That is a good point and an important correction. In GK's defence I think he is tracking the origin of the modern international name (let's face it, that means current English language name, basically). Anyway, it would be less interesting if he only said "Qatar means xxxx in Arabic", but I agree he should have added that, in addition to the history of the modern "international" name.
@@tonynunes4965
it's important to note that Names are different in languages, each language uses a name for a specific country and that name drives from different place, here we are using English so we are talking about the names of these nations in english, like Germany, in English it's called germany but in Arabic it's called "Almania" both names come from different places, Soo Qatar in English comes from different place than Arabic, And each language gets the name from different place.
So it's not important to use what it means in Arabic because the english didn't take the name from Arabic it took it from different language So the origin of that name in English will be different than the Origin of the name in Another language!
I think if you did a video of from where country's names in Arabic originated, you wouldn't necessarily explain it as "this is how the natives say it" and leave it at that. The video would be very short and very incomplete. The point of this video is how the ENGLISH names of these countries came to be.
the guy just says where the present used names derive from, not exactly the authentic name's origin.
@@A-T_Teitus The english word comes from diffrent origin than Arabic HOW ! Qatar is the English Pronunciation for the Arabic Word قطر the country name
That's how some of these countries are pronounced in Persian: (I found it interesting)
Zhaapon (Jaapon)
Cheen
Koreh (meaning ball shaped)
Hend (formal: Hendustan)
Andonezee
Arabestaan
Araaq
Afqanestaan
Paakestaan
Gorjestaan
Lobnaan
Emaaraat
Ordon
Essraaeel
Yaman
Surieh
Koveyt
Aazarbaayjaan
Armanestaan
Torkiyeh
Btw the suffix "stan" is a Persian suffix meaning "place of" or "land of" or "full of".
Burma was earlier called bramhadesh which english translated to Burma
Obviously y'all gotta copy Bangladesh I mean just leave Bengalis alone bruh
@@fabiasoha1684 desh just means country...
@@fabiasoha1684 lol desh means country nothing related to bangladesh
@@fabiasoha1684 Copy? Bruh Bangladesh is not even 60 years old.
@@fabiasoha1684 ewww Bengali. Please be alone, that would be a favour from your side.
GK: "Here is a list of Asian countries..."
* list includes Taiwan *
Chinese YT Comment Bots: "Hold up..."
Meanwhile, YT is still banned in China so you know how China bot must do before they show up in the comment section.
Taiwan appearing as a country in the screen*
Chinese bots: (fnaf 2 hallway ambience)
No wonder RUclips is banned in China since people like GK is trying to undermine its sovereignty
@@sleepyjam7845 So here's the first one
@@sleepyjam7845 So where exactly is the place of Russia when it comes to undermining sovereignty and annexing territory? Anyone remember which country Vladivostok and Tannu Uriankhai belongs to in Qing dynasty?
Don't be silly. The reason China banned YT is simply because it will hinder their legitimacy to rule as YT still don't fully come under the control of PRC.
Nepal was created by hindu sega gorakhnath that's why the people of nepal known as gorkha
Ugggg . How did i miss this video? I usually watch your vids the first day they available! I’m still available to go on a diplomatic mission to the “micro nation” of the Republic of Molossia….. as it’s less than thirty minutes away! Great work
There is something else about Turkmenistan's name,
It comes from the Persian words Tir-o-Kaman, meaning bow and arrow, because those people were good at shooting arrows.
Could we agree on not bringing up outdated Persian theories on how everything and everyone once was Persian but only forgot about it? Thanks
@@minzblatt no, because they're not outdated, your welcome.
Turkmenistan simply means Land of Turkmens/Turkoman, another variation of Turkic people and historically related to Turkish people.
It literally comes from "Türk menem" (I'm a Turk). Stop Persifying everything
@@khankavkaz6505 It literally comes from "Tir-o-kaman" (bow and arrow). Stop Turkifying everything.
the means of "Indian Islands" in Indonesia is refer to geographic location that the Islands location is at eastern of India subcontinent the Islands also known as Spice Islands since back in age of exploration much European comes to Indonesia for spices in Indonesia there is also local name for the Islands that is Nusantara or Islands in Between since the location is between Asia and Australia and Indian and Pacific ocean the term Nusantara also refers to entire Malay Archipelago which is include Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei, East Timor, Mindanao in Philippines and Southern Thailand
Nusantara is a Sankrit word which means archipelago/islands.
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 yes
Gak bisa basa Inggris 😅
In malay, we also have the term as Nusantara, which is "Kepulauan Melayu". Just sharing
@@seiwat8564 dulu² seluruh kawasan kita ni di panggil melayu . Dari selatan burma hingga ke mindanau selatan filipina skrg ni . Ini alam melayu . Dn dalam alam melayu ni terdapat byk sekali kerajaan² . Bila penjajah dtg dia nk pisah² melayu ni sbb tu di indonesia skrg ni melayu cuma jdi suku walhal semua suku tu adalah melayu . Ini semua helah satu pihak nk menghapuskan melayu
Hey General Knowledge, I just wanna say that it is pronounced "Ley-te" not like the word late :) I'm Filipino btw, I'm also subbed. Love ur vids!!! ❤️
I only know the pronunciation because the US Navy teaches us about the battle at Leyte Gulf! But I have a Filipina girlfriend now too, so I have no more excuses when it comes saying things wrong 😅
@@taylordimartino2946 oh lol 😁 i bet ur gf's beautiful
Thanks for having the time stamps dude
17:42: It's worth noting that _Georgia_ is country's exonym (external name) the Western world adopted and later became its international name. The endonym (native name) is _Sakartvelo (საქართველო)_ which literally means _the land of the Kartvels, the place of the Kartvels,_ or simply _of the Kartvels._ Kartvels (ქართველები) are the native ethnic group of Georgia. The word _Kartvel_ comes from the core region of Georgia called _Kartli_ which gets its name from the medieval kingdom of the same name - Kingdom of Kartli - the most direct predecessor of Kingdom of Georgia (also referred as _Georgian Empire_ in some sources); although the ancient polity (and later a kingdom) of Colchis also played a major role in its formation as both kingdoms spoke related languages (known as Kartvelian languages), and shared lots of cultural heritage. The Kingdom of Kartli was called _Iberia_ in the Greco-Roman geography while Colchis is a Greco-Roman name itself that was later adopted by Georgian historians too; the ancient native name of Colchis was _Egrisi,_ and its origins are unknown.
As for the origin of the name _Kartli,_ it't highly debated, but the most widely-accepted hypothesis is that it came from the Iranian word _"kart",_ meaning _"a land that is surrounded",_ referring to the mountainous nature of the region that served as a natural fortification which made the region hard to invade.
P.S.: I'm Georgian but the sources I've read are all in English, so feel free to do your own research.
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@@ybdeng7736 bro what the fuck 💀
Thank you for pointing this out. Several months after visiting Tbilisi last year, I have been calling the country _Sakartvello_. This is out of respect for the country, but also because I'm tired of people confusing it with the American state called Georgia.
I hope we can get more and more people to call it _Sakartvelo_.
@@ybdeng7736true
1:50 I have a handfan that my dad got as a souvenir from the Philippines, and when I close the fan halfway it says “Islands of the Philip” which I thought was rather funny that a regular human name could be found in a country name(now that I think about it, that’s pretty hypocritical since the US state I live in is called “Georgia”). I didn’t know it derived from someone who actually had the name, until now!
In the "United States of America" the word "America" refers to Amerigo Vespucci.😀
Most places get a name based off a person that captures it.
@@RotgerValdes Not to mention the US capital is *Washington, District of Columbia*
10:23 That word "suvannabhumi" looks closest to amalgamation of two Sanskrit words 'suvarna + bhumi or swarna + bhumi' which means land of Gold or Golden land.
Bro in Malayalam there is no difference between the meaning cs we say suvarna bhumi not only Malayalam maybe Tamil too
Savnnabhumi was derived from pali which is derived from Sanskrit. So makes sense.
Sri Lanka (Siri Lanka or Lanka) was known as Ceylon under British rule. Prior to colonisation it was known as “Hela Bima” which translated into English means land of the “Hela” people. The main language spoken is “Sinhala” or “hela basa”.
"Sungai melayu river"
The sungai itslef mean river 😂
LMAO yeahh
Hahah iya
River Melayu river 🤣🤣🤣
LOL 😂
Loll
Nice to see Sanskrit having a strong root here!
Indonesian has alot of Sanskrit-based name of places. Even my middle name based on Sanskrit meaning "wood's resin/resin of the inner self".
@Narmatha Naveen was*
@Narmatha Naveen tamil never dying ...
@Narmatha Naveen wdym so.. m saying that tamil probably never dying...
@Narmatha Naveen 50% of Khmer words are Sanskrit borrowed words. And a lot more languages have it too.
Bharata doesn’t come from a religious leader, he was an ancient King. Got nothing to do with religion.
Look at the map of India which this foolish man has shown.
13:14 Wrong map of India 🤬🤬🤬
Why Kashmir and ladakh is not in Indian Map
Why do you guys get riled up? He is just ill-informed. Dear creator please correct the map of India. You can check out the government website.
@@shilpamaiya2523 Its because they are disputed areas and he is just being politically neutral, not his fault
@@Aegon_Targaryen It's right map
Great video!!
13:22 So curious hear thanks thou..
Actually European's well known The Sri Lanka as a CEYLON :)
Love from Sri Lanka
PEACE ✌
India is also known as Hindustan, with Hindu also being derived from Indus/Sindhu, and -Stan is a suffix which means land.
In Iran we call it Hindustan or Hind ❤
It means land of Hindus and istan is a Persian word, don't hide the truth ok
Before that it is called.... Aryavarth.... Then bharat......
Not quite. Hindustan consisted only North India. Not the peninsula
He literally skipped the jammu and kashmir ( state in india ) from both india and pakistan maps 😂😂😂😂.
5 min prayer to this legend 😂😂
Lol you are not aware of Google different map boders, then I think you should know about it because Google uses different boders for different countries he is from another country so Google shows different map boundaries for him it's not his fault so pls learn a little more about Google maps and policies from Wikipedia or theirs official page then comment
@@koustavchakraborty3694thanks for your advice , i will read that stuff . According to you jammu and kashmir is not the part of Google maps due to its policies 🤣. Google shows full maps with borders nomatter j&k included in india or pak or china according their countries Google maps ,but the area is defined properly . skipping the land area is not the part of Google policies bro 🤣 . Google shows jammu and kashmir everywhere in the world .(anyone can search j&k)he should have included it anywhere (basic). And for knowing this atlas is enough ...Half knowledge is dangerous 👍🏻 .
@@eternalgamer674 hehe😂😂🥱
@@eternalgamer674 wow then take it 😂😂 if its possible 🤣🤣
@@eternalgamer674 Lol how delusional 😂 Jammu and Kashmir was a princely state during British rule with a Hindu ruler Maharaja Hari Singh . And he signed Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and J &K became the part of India .
Thank you for sharing the original names in all of the Asian countries .
Good presentation as always.
If as per this video Jammu and Kashmir is shown as a separate entity(neither part of India nor Pakistan), then its only fair to extend the same benifit to COK/Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram/Shaksgam Valley.
INDIA= western people called Sindhu River as Indus so they referred the bank as India.
But India's original name is BHARAT which is form with two Sanskrit words. BHA=light & Rata=Knowledge; i.e. Land from where knowledge is spread like light.
BTW you are using a wrong map. Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin are intregal parts of India.
13:14 Wrong map of India 🤬🤬🤬
Why Kashmir and ladakh is not in Indian Map
Yes its too bad
The map will always be wrong when there are land disputes involved, no matter which you use.
Chill. The fuck. Out.
Kashmir is a disputed territory belonging to no country.
@@Khan-ts2ji after 1947 partition Kasmir and ladakh belong to whom?
Thanks, Armenia's original name was Hayq, -q being a suffix similar to Iranian -Stan, or latin -ia. After centuries of being close to Iranians, the Hay people, Armenians, started refering to their country as Hayastan which is what Armenia is called in Arm. Language.
Btw Hay should be read as "High" in English
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As an Armenian I would strongly insist, that the country's name by Armenian people should be called ''Hayq'', or ''Hayasi'', but not Hayastan, as the suffix ''stan'' has nothing to do with our, Armenian culture...
The word China probably came from “Qin Dynasty” (秦）BC221, around the same time as the Roman Empire.
Yes, China is derived from Qin dynasty. Persian and Sanskrit pronounced Qin as Cina. From which European renamed as China.
The people around Indus(name given by others) called this river as sindhu, and the Persians called those people as hindu( as they are unable to pronounce correctly), and Europeans called it as indu( reason is same as above) and the name become later on Indus and after all india...
And btw map of India is totally wrong, you should include jammu and kashmir as they are the integral part of India..
@G.S Technically the king of Jammu and Kashmir gave his kingdom to India and signed a treaty for it, because the Pakistanis wanted to annex Kashmir just like baluchistaan. But I agree the map shown in this videos is correct because what we don't administer(PoK) can't really be shown as part of our country.
@G.S kashmir does not solely belong to kashmiri Muslims. Jammu is Hindu majority and Ladakh is non Muslim majority and they consider themselves Indians.
12:57 POK is a part of India
*TRIGGERED*
I am from Kashmir and we don't like to be called Indians . We have our own identity
@@mens.glowupKashmir is an inaugural part of India anyone says otherwise comes under police arrest threat, Kashmir is/was and always be a part of India
Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@mens.glowupdoesn't matter
Go to jail if you disagree🙈🤣
@@mens.glowup Either
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On behalf of your Palestinian viewers, thank you for including our historic land. You have a new fan :)
Obrigado!
In Southern Chinese dialects, Japan has been called: Yapon. When the Europeans first came to China, initially the Portuguese and Spaniards, they arrived in the South and adopted the pronunciation. Obviously, in many Romance languages, "J" has been pronounced as "Y". So, they spelled Yapon as Japon/Japan. Then, the British came and mixed up the pronunciation, mistakenly converting the Y-sounded J to dz-sounded J, just like "Yesus" to "Jesus", "Yerusalem" to "Jerusalem".
So, after the British became the strongest colonial power, the dz-sounded J stayed and Yapon had since then been pronounced as Japan (with the dz-sounded "J").
wow. That's so interesting!
I think your version is more accurate.
In Russian and, I believe, in most post-soviet countries it's called Yaponiya.
English probably is a worst language for international names. Mayby only Franch is its rival in distorting of original names.
Yes. You are accurate. The India given by British came from Indus river. Interestingly, we indians locally call it Sindu River. So, S in Sindu become H in Hindu. And now they call it Indus. What a distortion.
Thank you for your diligence in creating this very entertaining piece of work! 😎✨🇺🇸
Probably you might be unaware of the fact that word bangla originated from language Bangali/Bengali referring to people who speaks bengali and bengali is one of the closest child language to Sanskrit. Where both are in existence way before noah. How come noah or his descendants get into the picture even?
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Dear RUclipsr kindly show the correct map of India
13:20 the name BHARAT came from "THE GREAT EMPEROR BHARAT " who United the entire indian subcontinent. He is referred to in religious texts as MAHABHARAT( the great war of BHARATA) . India's religions are based on its history.
Nearly all 20-30 India's neighbouring country's name have sanskrit origin but with the colonization by European countries in Asia they mispronounced them as they were very bad at pronounciation of sanskrit names. So these names seems similar to sanskrit language.
I also noticed you too are very bad at pronunciation of the English language.
@@fitriapuspawati5632 your name itself has sanskrit etymology you clown 🤣
@@fitriapuspawati5632 puspa means flower in Sanskrit and wati means having in sanskrit
@@fitriapuspawati5632 lol your last name is in sanskrit
Except brunei has nothing to do with india. Brunei old name came from malay language words baru ni. Meaning baru(new) ni(this). Not varun or varuni indian god. Thats nonsense. Because of awang alak betatar is from kadayan malay tribes so he used his natives slank bru nei
At some point of time, Singapore was also called "Temasek".
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Yeah before British colonial...right?
Isn't it's called "Pulau Ujong"?
@@M4RK_21 pura is Sanskrit / ancient Malay language..Pura means city like Inderapura, Vyadhapura, Singapura
@@senryuandcanvas5163 ah make sense after u gave examples
Indonesian isles
1. Sumatera ( Samudera, from kingdom of Samudera Pasai, Aceh) , in ancient Hindu period , its named " Svarnabhumi/ Svarnadwipa" ( Island of Gold/ Pulau Emas)
2. Java in ancient Hindu period called Javadwipa or island of Seeds (Pulau Padi/ Juwawut) , this island is mentioned in Ramayana epic.
3. Borneo ( Berunai?) , Sulawesi ( Culabesi/ironhorn?) , Papua ( Land of Papuans?) ,
No the “Go” sound in Korean is pronounced as “Ko” and because of how Koreans was pronouncing the name “Goryeo” over time it became Koryeo then Korea so yeah but hell this is what the Koreans told me
Original name of India is BHARATHA , a Sanskrit word which means Bhava, Raga and Tala. Bharata means a land which showered from primordial sound shabda BrahmAn ie OM. "STAN" is a Sanskrit word which means place with a boundaries. Pakistan, Tazakistan, Azbekistan all these Stan ended nations rooted in Sanskrit.
It’s both use in Sanskrit and Persian, they’re related. That’s why the Stan countries have it.
@@JohnnyJacobGO true
@@JohnnyJacobGOPersian is ultimately derived from sanskrit, that's why it comes under (sanskrit)indo European languages
13:17
There are many native names for India, like Aryavarta, Bharat, Bharatvarsh, Bharatkhand, Jambudweep, etc.
@C Ka Douy
Jambudweep is very old name.
In every Hindu ritual, the address where the ritual is happening is said, in that comes Jambudweep..
Jambudweep Means Biggest Island
Aryvart was the best "land of the noble" ' . Even Bharatkhand sounds good. But Aryavart sound fantastic and cool.
@@mohammadzaid1221 as our land is coolest of all
Only. Bharata is official along with India
I believe Nepal's name comes from a Tibeto-Burman language, Newari to be precise. "Pa" is a suffix meaning people(correct me if I'm wrong) used in Tibeto-Burman languages, Bod(Tibet)->Bodpa, Druk(Bhutan)->Drukpa, Dolpo->Dolpopa and so on. Places ending with a vowel in traditional Newari homeland like the Kathmandu valley usually get an 'l' at the end over time, "Chabahi:" becomes "Chabahil" , "Janabaha:" becomes "Janabahal". Nepali borrows many words from Newari, words like "pasa:" in Newari becomes "pasal" in Nepali. Newars also refer to their language as "Nepal bhasa" meaning Nepal language. Before being known as Nepal, the kingdom used to be referred to as Gorkha, and before that the country was divided into numerous smaller states which had no single long-lasting name in particular.
But when during my primary school we used to read the the name is come from Newari word and Ne and Pa and later changed to Nepal also another is "Ne" means wool and "Pal" means house in Nepali since in ancient times the Nepal used to rear large no of sheep.
It should be Tibet, because they were there first before the Indians came across the border
4:50 the name China has nothing to do with Qing dynasty. It comes from Qin dynasty which started roughly 2000 years earlier than Qing dynasty.
18:41 actually a better explanation would be that it comes from the Greek word "Sirios", which is what they called the Arameans, the main people that have inhabited that land, unlike the Assyrians.
21:37 So one of the United Arab Emirates, is literally called Non-Arab.
Ironic.
There is actually many theories.
But the one he spoke about is because of the big presence of Persians in that area at the time of Arab-Persian wars (in the 18th century I think).
However some people argue that its real name is Eeman not Ojman.
As a Bruneian, you are correct about the background but god damn why is foreigners calling my country Brun-eye? I mean I can understand but feels bad.
Brunei old name can be divided into 2 theory. No1 baru nah which means tanah baru or new land. No2 baru ni which means something new. So it makes sense that awang alak betatar is kadayan thats why he used the words nei at the end because mostly kadayan people using nei not ni. Baru nei or brunei still sounds the same. Btw do not believe what foreigners saying about brunei. What varun? Varuna? Come on lah thats very nonesense. They even using different picture. Awang alak betatar he is malays. He wear dastar not sarban. And he dont dress like persian people. He wear almost same cloths just like what malays and javanese wearing that time
Funfact: the indian ocean is named after a region which is named after a river!
Haha
Wow 🇮🇳
wow. West people back in those day dont have alot of creativity for name
@@vuquangminh6482
That's true but...
In this case, it kind of makes sense given that India (the region) was home to an eminent civilisation so it was perfectly reasonable for them to call it the "Sea of the Indians", given that most likely where they were going to if they navigate in those waters. It's after that this thing got out of hand.
I still wish they gave it a distinctive name, though 😕 like the Atlantic for example.
Nowadays, you could be like "Indian, huh ?"
So, you mean...
1. from the modern 🇮🇳 South Asian republic
2. the Sub-Himalayan region where it is located
3. the ocean that borders those two.
Or maybe, you know, *THE PEOPLES THAT DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME HEMISPHERE AS THEM* ---> 🌎 (mostly in English, though)
It's ... bananas.
@@quidam_surprise yea and also Indian live in America.
Indonesia. Indochina.....
They are to lazy to chose a name
13:14 Yes you are right there were other names like Hindustan and Aryavratta (not that stupid so called aryan invasion theorie one 'Aryan' ) but most popular and commonly used here is India or Bharat . Just last year few people asked the government to rename it Bharat with 1 common name but the supreme court refused the petition saying that Article 1 of Indian constitution already refers 'India that is Bharat' .
Thats kind of sad for me as because i am one of them who want Bharat to have 1 common name used worldwide , i just hope it happen someday 😊
It should only be Bharat 🤝
@LoL Noob account india was given by greek and persians which has almost lost the route , whereas Bharat was the name used from thousands and thousands of years . If you are from India you would defiantly know the line 'Bharat Mata ki Jay' (Hail to mother Bharat) we dont say it India mata ki jai. so theres a difference . and india is now an independent country so our country , our name why should a foreigner interfere here ?. hope you got it 😃
@LoL Noob account similarly, that's why you choose this name "LoL Noob" rather than name given by your parent
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@LoL Noob account you are really a noob. This is your fake troll account and you're a bot 🤣
Bangladesh came from Sanskrit words
Bānglā बंगला (Bengali Language)
and Desà देश (A country/Empire/Area)
So it's Bānglā + Desà = Bangladesh
Bang Ladesh
Interesting ....in indonesia desa means village... 😁
@@jatin2866 Bangladesh*
@@mulkanmulkan5620 it's Desh. Not desa
@@jatin2866 lmao 🤣
Asia, the largest continent in the world. Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Armenia, are in Asia. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, are in Asia. A number of people think that only East Asians, like Japan, China, and Korea, are the only Asians, but that is wrong, Asia has so much variety, and are all Asians.
That's true.
Also big part of Russia is also Asia.
And both transcaucasion three countries.
But the most big continent is Europe Asia. With Russia and Georgia there and with connecting with Europe and Asia.
It is true that Bharat is a native name from India. But it is not the name of a religious figure. it is a name of a great king named King Bharat ( pronounced Bha-raat). He was son of King Dushyanta and was very brave.
Emperor Bharata is a Legendary character and there's no historical support to it. Modern historians think that the name derives from a Vedic tribe, the Bharata Tribe, who claims descent from King Bharata.
@@jojosekhose2008 A lot of places are named after legendary characters. Greece- its native name, Hellas- is named after a legendary character. Athens- the Goddess Athena. A legendary Goddess. Also, sometimes we find that those legendary characters are real. They found out that Troy from the Illiad is real! But I'd be proud to have my country named after a legendary hero from the Mahabharata, one of the greatest stories ever told!