Fārsīwān (Pashto/ or its regional forms: Pārsīwān or Pārsībān, "Persian speaker") is a designation for Persian speakers in Afghanistan, with diaspora in Iran and elsewhere abroad. More specifically, it is used to refer to a distinct group of farmers in Afghanistan and urban dwellers. They are often mistakenly referred to as Tajiks. The term excludes the Hazāra and Aymāq tribes who also speak dialects of Persian. In Afghanistan, the Farsiwan are found predominantly in Herat and Farah provinces. They are roughly the same as the Persians of Eastern Iran. Although the term was originally coined with Persian language's lexical root ("Pārsībān"), the suffix has been transformed into a Pashto form ("-wān") and is usually utilized by the Pashtuns to designate both, the Tajiks and the Farsiwans.