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Hazara

Hazara

9.9
A form of Persian spoken by people in central Afghanistan
  • noun
translation icon : hazaragi
  • Many people in central Afghanistan speak Hazara as their first language.

Examples

  • The Hazara language has unique words not found in standard Persian.

  • She studied the Hazara dialect to better understand local culture.

  • The Hazara language is rich in history.

  • Is Hazara spoken widely in Afghanistan?

  • Many people in central Afghanistan speak Hazara as their first language.

  • She studied the Hazara dialect to better understand local culture.

  • The Hazara language has unique words not found in standard Persian.

Synonyms

Farsi
vsHazara
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A language spoken mainly in Iran and also in Afghanistan and Tajikistan

is a regional variety tied to one ethnic group in central Afghanistan
Persian language
vsHazara
1 4.3

The language people in Iran speak, often called Farsi

is a local ethnic variety within Afghanistan rather than the general language
Dari Persian
vsHazara
8.8

A form of the Persian language that people speak mainly in Afghanistan

is restricted to one ethnic group in central Afghanistan
Dari language
vsHazara
7.9

A language spoken mainly in Afghanistan that is one of the country's official languages

is limited to one ethnic group in central Afghanistan
Persian
vsHazara
4.9

The language spoken in Iran, also called Farsi

is a specific ethnic variety used by people in central Afghanistan

Surface Forms

Hazara singular
Hazaras plural

Etymology

Hazara is the name of the people and their speech, and that name probably comes from hezar/'thousand', used for a military group in old Mongol times. So the Hazara language is simply the language of that people.