庫爾德語
Ajam () is an Arabic word meaning mute, which today refers to someone whose mother tongue is not Arabic. During the Arab conquest of Persia, the term became a racial pejorative. In many languages — including Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Hindi, the Kurdish languages, Gujarati, Malay, Punjabi, and Swahili — "Ajam" and "Ajami" refer to Iran and Iranians respectively.