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by valarauko
1226 days ago
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> Fun fact, in Persian, the name of the country Greece is Yunan referring to the Iona region in western Anatolia (current day Turkey). Same in Indian languages. Modern Indian languages borrow the Persian term, though more often Indians encounter the term in the name of the (still fairly popular in some circles) traditional system of medicine the Central Asians bought to India - Yunani. In Ancient India, from the time that Alexander came to India, the Greeks were referred to as Yavana. In ancient times, Greek mercenaries were common across the country, with Indo-Greek kingdoms based in North West India & Afghanistan for several centuries after Alexander. Greeks were so prevalent that the ancient sources apply the Yavana term to any outsider. |
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