Farsiwan

Fārsīwān (Persian: فارسیوان or its regional forms: Pārsīwān or Pārsībān meaning Persian speaker) is a contemporary designation for Persian-speaking communities in Afghanistan and its diaspora. Historically, the term was used to refer to settled farmers and urban dwellers who spoke Persian, and who are largely identified with the Tajik population.

Although Farsiwan are sometimes erroneously referred to as Tajiks in literature, the term primarily denotes Persian-speaking, sedentary communities, historically distinguished by their adherence to Shia Islam and their roles as farmers and urban dwellers. The name combines the Persian lexical root (Pārsībān) with the Pashto suffix (-wān), and has sometimes been applied by Pashtuns to refer both to Tajiks and to these settled Persian-speaking groups.