Despite belonging to two different language families, due to millennia long intertwined relations, there are many shared words between Georgian and Persian. These relations go as far back as the Achaemenid (هخامنشیان) times. Centuries later, throughout history, the Persian language and culture had a lot of influence on Georgian. In fact, Georgian literary works such as Shota Rustaveli's famous Georgian medieval epic poem, The Knight in the Panther's Skin, Vepkhistqaosani (ვეფხისტყაოსანი), contain the names of Iranian heroes borrowed from the Shahnameh, the Persian epic poem written by Ferdowsi, considered to be the national epic of Greater Iran.
In today's video we compare some of the common terms between the two languages with a list of words and sentences.
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The Georgian language (ქართული ენა) is a Kartvelian languages and the official language of Georgia. Old Georgian, from as far back as the 5th century, is still in use today as the liturgical language of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Old Georgian is the ancestor of what eventually developed into the modern Georgian language in the 18th century. Georgian is the only language from all the Kartvelian languages that has an old alphabet and literary tradition.
The Persian language (Farsi) is an ancient language which has had a huge amount of impact on other languages and cultures, mainly the Middle East, as well as Central and South Asia. Classified as one of the Western Iranian languages, Persian holds official status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Persian has strongly influenced many different languages, including numerous Turkic languages, as well as well as Armenian, Georgian, and many languages in the Indian subcontinent. Persian has a long history of literature and it was notable for being the first language in the Muslim world to break through Arabic's monopoly on writing. The Persian language has also influenced the Arabic language, although the impact of Arabic on Persian has been higher. But the influence of Persian in the Muslim world has been strong since the early days of Islam. It was even established as a court tradition instead of Arabic under many ruling Muslim dynasties.
In today's video we compare some of the common terms between the two languages with a list of words and sentences.
If you speak a language that we have not featured before and would like to participate in a future video please follow and message us on Instagram: / bahadoralast
The Georgian language (ქართული ენა) is a Kartvelian languages and the official language of Georgia. Old Georgian, from as far back as the 5th century, is still in use today as the liturgical language of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Old Georgian is the ancestor of what eventually developed into the modern Georgian language in the 18th century. Georgian is the only language from all the Kartvelian languages that has an old alphabet and literary tradition.
The Persian language (Farsi) is an ancient language which has had a huge amount of impact on other languages and cultures, mainly the Middle East, as well as Central and South Asia. Classified as one of the Western Iranian languages, Persian holds official status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Persian has strongly influenced many different languages, including numerous Turkic languages, as well as well as Armenian, Georgian, and many languages in the Indian subcontinent. Persian has a long history of literature and it was notable for being the first language in the Muslim world to break through Arabic's monopoly on writing. The Persian language has also influenced the Arabic language, although the impact of Arabic on Persian has been higher. But the influence of Persian in the Muslim world has been strong since the early days of Islam. It was even established as a court tradition instead of Arabic under many ruling Muslim dynasties.
