Cultural Blog on the term "Persian"

[Laura Major]

So I was curious what people actually meant when they referred to Farsi as a Persian language. What makes something Persian then? Well "Persian" refers to a part of the Iranian people. Back in the day, the Indo-Iranians arrived in parts of Greater Iran and then spread to surrounding areas in southern Iran and then the Fars province. This way the ancient Persians spread their language and culture everywhere while conquering everyone. This makes sense as there are different dialects just like any other language that sprout up throughout time. So Persian refers to the group overall yet sometimes the term can be mixed with "Iranian" which is controversal because the term "Persian" is really a varies of cultures.