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The [[Baloch people|Baloch]] are an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian ethnic group]]{{Cite book |last=Minahan |first=James B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOQkpcVcd9AC&pg=PT318 |title=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia |date=30 August 2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-660-7}}{{cite book |last=Ahmady |first=Kameel |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Peoples_of_Iran/7cSfEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The Peoples of Iran|publisher=Avaye Buf |year=2025 |isbn=9788793926097 |page=213}} native to the arid regions of [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Afghanistan]], an area historically known as [[Balochistan]].{{Cite web |title=Baloch|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baloch |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}They speak [[Balochi language|Balochi]], a [[Western Iranian languages]] of [[Iranian languages|the Iranian language family]], with major dialect groups including Western group (part of the [[Rakhshani dialect|Rakhshani]] dialect group), Southern group or [[Makrani dialect]] and [[Eastern Balochi (dialect)|Eastern group]] (the Soleimani dialect group).:{{cite web |date=25 November 2024 |title=The Balochi Language Project |url=https://www.uu.se/en/department/linguistics-and-philology/research/proj/the-balochi-language |access-date=April 19, 2026 |website=[[Uppsala University]]}} |
The [[Baloch people|Baloch]] are an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian ethnic group]]{{Cite book |last=Minahan |first=James B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOQkpcVcd9AC&pg=PT318 |title=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia |date=30 August 2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-660-7}}{{cite book |last=Ahmady |first=Kameel |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Peoples_of_Iran/7cSfEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The Peoples of Iran|publisher=Avaye Buf |year=2025 |isbn=9788793926097 |page=211,213}} native to the arid regions of [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Afghanistan]], an area historically known as [[Balochistan]].{{Cite web |title=Baloch|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baloch |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]}}They speak [[Balochi language|Balochi]], a [[Western Iranian languages]] of [[Iranian languages|the Iranian language family]], with major dialect groups including Western group (part of the [[Rakhshani dialect|Rakhshani]] dialect group), Southern group or [[Makrani dialect]] and [[Eastern Balochi (dialect)|Eastern group]] (the Soleimani dialect group).:{{cite web |date=25 November 2024 |title=The Balochi Language Project |url=https://www.uu.se/en/department/linguistics-and-philology/research/proj/the-balochi-language |access-date=April 19, 2026 |website=[[Uppsala University]]}} |
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Various hypotheses have been proposed regarding the earlier populations from which the Baloch may have emerged. Some researchers have suggested possible connections with groups inhabiting the [[Iranian plateau]] during antiquity, including populations associated with the [[Median kingdom|Median]] and later [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] ([[Parthian Empire|Arsacid]]) periods.{{cite book |last=Dashti|first= Naseer |title=The Baloch and Balochistan |publisher= Trafford Publishing |date=2012 |pages=132–133|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIjyLNpusbAC|language=en|isbn=9781466958968}} |
Various hypotheses have been proposed regarding the earlier populations from which the Baloch may have emerged. Some researchers have suggested possible connections with groups inhabiting the [[Iranian plateau]] during antiquity, including populations associated with the [[Median kingdom|Median]] and later [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] ([[Parthian Empire|Arsacid]]) periods.{{cite book |last=Dashti|first= Naseer |title=The Baloch and Balochistan |publisher= Trafford Publishing |date=2012 |pages=33-34,132–133|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIjyLNpusbAC|language=en|isbn=9781466958968}} |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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According to [[Ernst Herzfeld|Ernst Emil Herzfeld]], the ethnonym "Baloch" is derived from the [[Mede language|Median]] term *brza-vačiya, which translates to "loud shouting." This linguistic connection may be explained by the notable similarities between the Balochi language and the language spoken by the Medes.Iran in the Ancient East: Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston Hardcover by Ernst Emil Herzfeld – 1988. {{ISBN|9780878173082}}{{cite journal |last=Frye |first=Richard N |year=1929 |title=Remarks on Baluchi History |journal=Central Asiatic Journal |volume=6 |pages=44–50 |jstor=41926492 |number=6/1}} |
According to [[Ernst Herzfeld|Ernst Emil Herzfeld]], the ethnonym "Baloch" is derived from the [[Mede language|Median]] term *brza-vačiya, which translates to "loud shouting." This linguistic connection may be explained by the notable similarities between the Balochi language and the language spoken by the Medes.Iran in the Ancient East: Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston Hardcover by Ernst Emil Herzfeld – 1988. {{ISBN|9780878173082}}{{cite journal |last=Frye |first=Richard N |year=1929 |title=Remarks on Baluchi History |journal=Central Asiatic Journal |volume=6 |pages=44–50 |jstor=41926492 |number=6/1}} |
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[[Harold Walter Bailey]] proposed that the reconstructed [[Iranian languages|Old Iranian]] term "ṷadraṷatī" possibly meaning “the land of quick streams” might have evolved into the ethnonym Balōč (Baloch) as well as the ancient geographical name [[Gedrosia]], which classical authors used for parts of present day Balochistan.{{Cite web |title= BALUCHISTAN iii. Baluchi Language and Literature |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baluchistan-iii/ |website=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]}}{{cite book |author=Agnes Korn |title=The Baloch raceTowards a Historical Grammar of Balochi: Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary(Beiträge Zur Iranistik) (2005) |isbn= 3895003670}} |
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Some authors have proposed a speculative interpretation of Baloch as a compound derived from the [[Persian language|Persian]] bal or pahl, meaning “[[hero]],” and the [[Sanskrit]] uch, interpreted as “high” (and compared with [[Avestan]] uz with a similar meaning). In this interpretation, the name would signify a “tall” or “lofty hero.” It has further been suggested that populations who inhabited parts of present‑day Balochistan during the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian period]] may have applied this designation to later arriving groups(Baloch) whom they perceived as taller or stronger. |
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