Farsiwan

Fārsīwān (Pashto/Persian: فارسیوان or its regional forms: Pārsīwān or Pārsībān, "Persian speaker") is a contemporary designation for Persian speakers in Afghanistan and its diaspora. More specifically, it was originally used to refer to a distinct group of farmers and urban dwellers in Afghanistan.

The Farsiwan are often mistakenly referred to as Tajiks. Although the term was originally coined with the Persian lexical root (Pārsībān), the suffix has been transformed into a Pashto form (-wān) and is usually used by the Pashtuns to designate both the Tajiks and the Farsiwans.