• iraniangoalsdotcom [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    ‘zameen’ means the same thing in Persian actually. I know they’re basically directly related languages, but for some reason it always surprises me how many cognates there are.

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      10 months ago

      because Hindi is a language based on old persian and local languages of India mainly Uttar Pradesh

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        From earlier زمی‎ (zami), from Middle Persian zmyk’ (zamīg, “earth”), from Proto-Iranian *jáHs (compare Northern Kurdish zevî, Northern Luri زمی‎ (zemi), Avestan 𐬰𐬃‎ (zā̊)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰžʰáHs (compare Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (compare Russian земля́ (zemljá), Latvian zeme, Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)).

        apparently so, that’s pretty cool.

        on the other hand, Persian and my language use a lot of Russian loan-words too

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          No, it wasn’t the Persians, as “Persian” wasn’t even a thing during Proto-Indo-European times. It’s similar to calling them “Russians” or “Germans” or “Swedes”

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                Aryan is a loaded term to the westerners. It’s like saying Swastika is a loaded thing in the West. In the east millions of hindus/buddhists use swastika as a symbol of devotion to god/karmic cycle for 3000 years. Our marxists journals and marxist historians always write about aryan migration and etc. They themselves wrote in the ancient sanskrit that Northern India is Aryavarta , why should I change my history for a man living in other side of the world genociding jews.

                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Āryāvarta