Infobox language name Kurdish nativename , Kurd , Kurd , ref cite web url http www.kurdishacademy.org ?q node 41 title KurdishLanguageKurdish Academy of Language publisher Kurdishacademy.org ... of the Kurdishlanguage in turquoise KurdishKurdish Kurd or is a dialect continuum spoken ..., is one of its close modern relatives. The Kurdishlanguage itself has about 16 ref name Ethnologue ... the languages and dialects. ref cite web url http www.britannica.com eb article 9046467 Kurdishlanguage title Kurdishlanguage Britannica Online Encyclopedia publisher Britannica.com date accessdate ... From the 15th to 17th centuries, classical Kurdish poets and writers developed a literary language ... work among the Kurds of Amadiya . ref Ernest R. McCarus, KurdishLanguage Studies , The Middle ... important in Kurdish history as it is the first acknowledgment of the originality of the Kurdishlanguage ... The Kurdishlanguage was banned in a large portion of Kurdistan for some time. After the 1980 Turkish coup d tat until 1991 the use of the Kurdishlanguage was illegal in Turkey. ref Ross, Michael. The Volunteer chapter The Road to Ankara ref Current status Today, Kurdish is an official language ... of Kurdish, prohibiting the language in education and broadcast media. ref cite web url http www.amnestyusa.org ... schools. ref http www.institutkurde.org en language The KurdishLanguage and Literature , by Joyce Blau, Professor of Kurdishlanguage and civilization at the National Institute of Oriental Language ... KURDICA 1999 APR Iran policy.html The language policy of Iran from State policy on the Kurdish ... 2006, Turkey allowed private television channels to begin airing programming in the Kurdishlanguage ... programs that teach the Kurdishlanguage, and could broadcast only for 45 minutes a day ... Iran and much of Iraqi Kurdistan. ref name kreyenbroek Philip G. Kreyenbroek, On the KurdishLanguage ... kreyenbroek According to Encyclopaedia of Islam , although Kurdish is not a unified language, its ... more details
Establishment KurdishLanguage Academy in Iran was established in Tehran in 2002 when the First Conference on KurdishLanguage Teaching was held in 2002. More than 150 Iranian Kurdish writers, academicians, linguists and journalists participated in this conference and a dozen of articles on the different aspects of Kurdishlanguage were presented. The conference, though of no governmental support, was conducted by the Cultural Institute of Kurdistan in Tehran and Peyv Literary Community in Saghez . Based on the article fifteen of the Iranian Constitution , Kurdishlanguage is to be taught in the schools of Iranian Kurdistan . However, it has not so far been managed to teach Kurdish in Iranian Kurdistan. The conference emphasized the necessity of the establishment of an academy for Kurdishlanguage ... KurdishLanguage Academy in Iran were elected. The academy includes Fifteen staff members and five associate members. Objectives Among the major objectives of the KurdishLanguage Academy are the development of Kurdishlanguage, paving the way for Kurdishlanguage teaching in Iran in a formal and academic way, and motivating, as well as sponsoring, various attempts to improve and teach Kurdishlanguage all over Iran. Zimanewan , the Academy s Journal KurdishLanguage Academy issues a quarterly ... of Kurdishlanguage, among which are the following major Kurdish dialects including Sorani , Kurmanji , Gorani and Zazai , all kurdish sub dialects and accents such as Erdelani, Mokriyani, Shikaki and Kelhuri, the grammar of all Kurdish dialects and sub dialects, the process of word and term coinges in Kuridsh language, language and identity, language and culture, philology , phonetics and critique of the non scientific and immature works on Kurdishlanguage. Members The list of the Members .... Ahmad Bahri 14. Naser Vahid 15. Mansour Teifuri External links The website of the KurdishLanguage Academy in Iran DEFAULTSORT KurdishLanguage Academy In Iran Category Kurdishlanguage Category Kurdish ... more details
This is a list of Kurdishlanguage television channels. Kurdish TV channels small With alphabetic order small br ASOsat TV Denge TV Dijle TV D nya TV G n TV Kanal4 KNN Channel Komala TV Kurdistan TV Kurdsat Kurd 1 MMC Newroz TV Rojhelat TV Roj TV Sterk TV Speda TV Tishk TV TRT 6 V n TV Zagros TV br Category Lists of television channels by language Category KurdishLanguage ... more details
Wiktionarypar Kurdish InterWiki code ku Kurdish lang ku Kurd may refer to The Kurdish people The Kurdishlanguage The Kurdish alphabet Kurdistan , the land of the Kurdish people which includes Iranian Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan Turkish Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan History of the Kurdish people Kurdish literature Kurdish music Yazidi , the religion of some Kurds Kurdish rugs Kurdish cuisine Kurdish culture disambig ar arc da Kurdisk de Kurdisch gl Curdo it Curdo ja pt Curdo ... more details
Kurdish PEN or The Kurdish Centre of the International PEN Navenda PEN a Kurd in KurdishlanguageKurdish is a branch of International PEN . It was suggested by Kurdish writer H seyin Erdem and voted into existence during International PEN s conference in Cambridge in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Cologne , Germany . The Kurdish PEN Center actively works with Kurdish writers in all parts of Kurdistan to promote the Kurdishlanguage and Kurdish literature literature . The Center is headed by Dr. Zaradachet Hajo . Kurdish PEN publishes research articles related to Kurdish culture in four languages English language English , German language German , Spanish language Spanish and KurdishlanguageKurdish . The Kurdish PEN is also active in Turkey , where it organized a conference on cultural diversity in March 2005 in Diyarbak r . It also encourages writers of International PEN to visit Kurdistan and meet Kurdish writers http www.cordite.org.au archives 001037.html . Founding Members Mehmed Uzun H seyn Erdem Yayla M nch Bucak Abdurrahman Nakshabandy H seyin Kartal Emine Erdem Haydar I ik External links http www.pen kurd.org index en.html Kurdish PEN http www.pen kurd.org englizi congress5.html The 5th Conference of the Kurdish PEN, Berlin, March 2003 http www.internationalpen.org.uk index.php?pid 33&aid 290 The International PEN seminar on Cultural Diversity, Diraybakir, March 2005 http www.pencanada.ca PEN Canada Category Kurdishlanguage media Category International PEN centers Category Organisations based in Cologne de Kurdisches P.E.N. Zentrum ku Navenda PEN a Kurd ... more details
Infobox language name Southern Kurdish nativename Kurd Xuwarig states Eastern Iraq , Western Iran region Main in Western Iran, Kermanshah , Ilam Province , eastern Kurdistan Province , western Hamedan province , Qazvin province , southern kurds diaspora in Tehran province , Alborz province Eastern Iraq border with those provinces including Xanaqin , Kifri , Mandali , Qorwaq and Baghdad . speakers About 6,000,000 ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code sdh Ethnologue Kurdish, Southern ref in Iran, Iraq and elsewhere. familycolor Indo European fam2 Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian fam3 Iranian languages Iranian fam4 Western fam5 Northwestern fam6 KurdishlanguageKurdish iso3 sdh lingua 58 AAA c map SOUTHERN KURDISH.JPG mapcaption Southern Kurdish Area Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish Kurd Xuwarig , also called Kermashani dialect Kerm n hi , belongs to the Northwestern Iranian languages and is predominantly spoken in western Iran and eastern Iraq . In Iran , it is spoken in the provinces of Kermanshah Kerm n n and Ilam Province Ilam . In Iraq it is spoken in the region of Khanaqin Xaneq n , all the way to Mandali , Pehle . It is also the language of the populous Kurdish people Kurdish Kakay tribe near Kerkuk and the Zengene s near Kifr . There are also populous diasporas of Southern Kurdish Dialects group found in the Alburz mountains. Its dialects are Kolya , Kermashani dialect Kermanshahi Kerm n n , Kalhuri , Garrusi Gerr s Bijari , Sanj bi Sencab , Malekshahi ... Southern Kurdish dialects, such as Laki language Laki , are spoken in Iran in the provinces of Lorestan ..., Jere L. Bacharach ref See also Kalhor tribe Kalhor Gorani , Hewrami Central Kurdish Northern Kurdish External links Incubator code sdh language Southern Kurdish http www.kirmashan.com Information regarding Southern Kurdish http www.kurdishacademy.org Kurdish Academy of Language describing Southern Kurdish References references Kurdishlanguage Iranian languages Category Kurdishlanguage ie lang ... more details
The Kurdish Globe , previously known as The Hewler Globe , is the first English language English language newspaper published in Arbil , Iraqi Kurdistan Region Kurdistan , northern Iraq . Published for the first time on March 31, 2005, its editing Editor in Chief and founder is Jawad Qadir. The name was changed from The Hewler Globe to The Kurdish Globe since the paper included issues of a pan Kurdish nature, including all parts of Kurdistan in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, and not just Hewl r KurdishlanguageKurdish for Arbil . This weekly newspaper is published every Tuesday. It focuses primarily on Kurdish issues ranging from politics to culture, as well as Middle East related issues and politics. Its main rival is SOMA Digest , the second English language newspaper published in the Kurdistan region. Whereas The Kurdish Globe is edited from the point of view of the Kurdistan Regional Government , SOMA Digest is closely related to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK . External links http www.kurdishglobe.net Official website br DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Globe Category Newspapers published in Iraq Category English language newspapers published in Arab countries Category Arbil iraq stub Asia newspaper stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Kurdish dialects are dialects of the Kurdishlanguage . They are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from the various standardised forms of Kurdish. Classification The Kurdishlanguage and its dialects are part of the Northwestern Iranian languages group. The following macrodialects are commonly described for Kurdish although the debate continues whether some or indeed all of these should be classified as languages Kurmanji Northern Kurdish The branch with the most speakers, spoken in Turkey , Syria , Iraq , Iran , Armenia and the Lebanon . It has an estimated 8 10 million speakers and has been written in the Latin alphabet since the 1930s. Its main dialects are engal Mosul , Judikani Central Anatolia Qerejdax Urfa , Qamishlo etc Botan Boxt Cizre Botan , Serhedk Western Azerbaijan , Van , Erzurum , Kars , A r , Mu etc. , Hekkar Hakkari , Behd n Duhok, Iraq Dahuk and Western Azerbaijan Tor Mardin and Siirt Xerz Batman, Turkey Batman and Siirt Qochan Greater Khorasan Birjand Khorasan Elburz Dailam Western Kurmanji Reshvani Adiyaman Sems r Gaziantep Entab , Kahramanmara Mere , Sivas , Dersim , Melet etc Central Kurmanji around Diyarbakir Sorani Central Kurdish Spoken to the South of the Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdish areas and in Western Iran by approx. 5 million speakers. It is written in a Kurdish variant of the Perso Arabic script but also in a Latin based system. Hewl r in Arbil , Pishdar south of Arbil Xaneq n in Khanaqin , Mukr in Mukriyan , Sil man Soran Baban ... Ilam , Silax r and Xacevend in Mazandaran References reflist Kurdishlanguage Iranian languages Iraq topics DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Dialects Category Kurdishlanguage Category Languages of Armenia Category ... in Kirkuk , Jaffi spoken in Jaff Stamm , Judeo Kurdisch in Kermanshah and Hamadan Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish diverges considerably from the other branches. Its main dialects are Kelhur , Kolyai ... more details
Kurds Kurdish literature in KurdishlanguageKurdish ku W je W jeya Kurd refers to literature written in Kurdishlanguage . Literary Kurdish works have been written in one of the three main dialects of Gorani ... 51 Kurdish Literature , Kurdish Academy of Language ref ref http www.cultinfo.ru fulltext 1 001 008 067 630.htm In Russian ref is one of the first well known poets who wrote in Kurdish. He was from the Hakkari region. ref http www.institutkurde.org en language ref Gorani Literature Some of the well known Gorani language poets and writers are Parishan Dinawari d. ca. 1395 , Mustafa Besarani 1642 ... for Kurdish literature and language in Europe is the Kurdish Institute of Paris Institut Kurde ... and Australia are contributing to the efforts carried out by the Institute for reviving Kurdishlanguage ... for academic studies in Kurdishlanguage and literature. It was centered in Baghdad . Kurdish ... translation of a poem by Ahmad Khani and http www.navkurd.de edebiyat.htm for a list of Kurdishlanguage ... R. Izady, Kurdish Academy. http www.institutkurde.org en language The KurdishLanguage and Literature , By Joyce Blau, Professor of Kurdishlanguage and civilization at the National Institute of Oriental ... http www.korizanisti.ir Default.aspx?alias www.korizanisti.ir aenglish KurdishLanguage Academy in Iran http languages.usalah.org kurdish.htm The KurdishLanguage Department, University of Salahaddin ... culture DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Literature Category Kurdish culture Category Kurdishlanguage Category ... Ardalan 1805 1848 . Gorani which was the literary language of much of what today is known as Iraqi and Iranian Kurdistan, is classified in some sources as a branch of Kurdish http www.kurdishacademy.org ... kurdish&ct although this is disputed by others. http www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk siamakr Kurdish Papers Hassanpour98.html .... Based on this date, Meshef can be considered as the oldest piece of prose in Kurmanji. The Kurdish ... distich s,is probably the best known and most popular of the classical Kurdish poets. ref cite ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Kurdish American population 9,423 2000 census ref cite web author US Census ... 2010 11 14 ref br popplace Tennessee , Virginia image image caption languages American English KurdishlanguageKurdish religions Muslim small mostly Sunni small some Yezidi also, small numbers of Christians related Other Iranian people s footnotes Kurdish Americans are Demography of the United States Americans of Kurdish people Kurdish descent, the majority of Kurdish Americans are recent migrants. History Kurdish immigration in the United States began in the twentieth century. The Kurdish who ... the Kurdish emigration to United States like to Iran . ref name journeyintoamerica http journeyintoamerica.wordpress.com ... arrive to Nashville, the first group of Kurdish refugees. The following year, many Iraqis of Kurdish descent emigrated to the U.S., although the majority of the Kurdish of the second wave that came ... v002 001 article04.php Kurdish Herald. February 2010 by Hero Karimi. Retrieved November 29, 2011, to 21 58 pm ref This migration was due to the support of many Kurdish to Iran in the Iran Iraq War ... moved to the U.S. during this time. The last wave of migration Kurdish to the United States or at least to Nashville , the main area of Kurdish communities in this country, was Between 1996 and 1997, developed .... Kurdish refugees crossed the Turkish border, place where they were evacuated to Guam a military ... The total Kurdish people Kurdish population in the United States in 2000 census was 9,423 ref ... Nashville , Tennessee has the United States largest population of Kurdish people. Based on the 2000 census, the Kurdish population in Tennessee is 2,405 ref http www.mla.org map data results&state id 47&place id 52006&cty id ref and in the city of Nashville, Tennessee Nashville the Kurdish people Kurdish population is 1,770 based on 2000 census. ref http www.mla.org map data results&state id 47&place id 52006&cty id ref Though most Kurdish people follow Sunni Islam, there are also minorities ... more details
Kurdish Christians KurdishlanguageKurdish lang ku Kurd n Xir st ref http ku.wiktionary.org wiki xir C3 AEstiyan Massehi in Kurdish Wiktionary ref are Kurdish people Kurds who follow Christianity and mostly live in the Kurdistan region. The word lang ku Xir st is derived from the Greek language Greek ..., several Christian villages existed in Kurdistan , whose inhabitants spoke only KurdishlanguageKurdish , and there were Muslim Kurdish tribes that recalled they were once Christians. Kurds who converted ... . The Arabic word lang ku Mes h is also sometimes used. Kurdish Christians should not be confused with other ... , Armenian people Armenians or Georgian people Georgians . The total number of Kurdish Christians today ... Empire . However, there were Kurdish converts to Christianity even after the spread of Islam. In the ninth ... Empire, Slavic Review , p.111, 1968. ref During the same period, the Kurdish prince Ibn ad Dahhak ..., Vizantija i araby. Vol. II. Saint Petersburg, 1902 , p. 220. ref There were many Kurdish Christian ... church.html ref and 13th centuries AD. In the late 11th and the early 12th century AD, Kurdish ... Geographical Society reported about a Kurdish tribe in Sivas which retained certain Christian observances ..., p.313 ref It is also possible that many Kurdish Christians have been linguistically and hence ethnically ... to serve the Kurds of Iran. From 1911 to 1916, it established a Kurdish Wiktionary congregation ... prominent Kurdish leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan , Ahmed Barzani Sheikh Ahmed Barzani who was a brother ... government in 1931 ref The Kurdish Minority Problem , p.11, Dec. 1948, ORE 71 48, CIA http www.foia.cia.gov docs DOC 0000258376 0000258376 0014.gif . ref . Contemporary Kurdish Christians Image ... in 1991, Christian agencies offered help to Kurdish refugees, who were amazed that the assistance ..., Sep. 1997 ref The Kurdish Speaking Church of Christ The Kurdzman Church of Christ was established in Hewl r ... governorates. This is the first evangelicalism evangelical Kurdish church in Iraq. ref http www.revivaltimes.org ... more details
Kurdish culture KurdishlanguageKurdish Kulturi Kurdi or and toreya kurd is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurdish people Kurds and their society. Some aspects of Kurdish culture ... year day, which is celebrated on March 21. Music Main Kurdish music Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers storytelling storytellers rokb j , minstrel s stranb j and bard s dengb j . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music ... ballads recounting the tales of Kurdish heroes of the past like Saladin . Heyran s are love ballads ... and other celebratory songs d lok nar nk , erotic poetry and work song s are also popular. Kurdish .... Dance Main Kurdish dance Kurdish dance is a group of traditional hand holding dances similar ... Muslim populations. Kurdish dance has various and numerous versions such as following Yalli Dilan Sepe Kurdish dance Sepe Geryan Chapi Kurdish dance Chapi Rug File Antique kurdish rug 429871.jpg thumb right 100px Antique Kurdish Rug Main Kurdish rugs Kurdish rugs and carpets do use medallion patterns .... The beauty of Kurdish designs are enriched by high chroma blues, greens, saffrons as well as terracotta and burnt orange hues made richer still by the lusturous wool used. The traditional Kurdish Rug uses Kurdish symbols. It is possible to read the dreams, wishes and hopes of the rug maker ... into Kurdish rug making Kurdish people study how meaning is constructed and understood by talking ... angel of Yazidism religion Main articles Cultural Muslim , Yazidism , Yarsan , Yazdanism , Kurdish Jews , Kurdish Christians Before the spread of Islam in the 7th century CE, the majority of Kurds practised ... Before the arrival of Islam in the 7th century AD, a large part of the Kurdish population practised Christianity. Kurdish Christians can still be found in small numbers, especially in Iraqi Kurdistan ... more details
Kurdish dance KurdishlanguageKurdish Govend , Hilperk ref http ku.wiktionary.org wiki govend Govend , Kurdish Wiktionary. ref is a group of traditional hand holding dance s similar to those from the Balkans , Lebanon and Eastern European countries. It is a form of round dancing , with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre of the dancing circle. According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam , Kurdish people Kurds sing and dance in all of their festivals, birthday s, New Year s, Newroz , marriage and other ceremonies. Its noteworthy that these Kurdish folklore folkloric dances are mixed gender which distinguishes the Kurds from a few other neighbouring Islam Muslim populations. ref Kurds, Kurdistan , Part 4. Dances and music, The Encyclopedia of Islam ... BRILL Publishers, 1986, 1263 pp. see p. 477 . ref Roots of Kurdish dance Kurdish dances reflect samples of Kurdish life over the past thousands of years. Rhythmic and elegant movements originating from historical record, geographical location, the Kurdish way of living, beliefs, work and struggle, war and quarrel , are called called Halparke or Helperk Hilperk in Kurdish alphabet . Halparke has ... place. Some kinds of these rhythms wear out and are forgotten through the passage of time. Kurdish ... Image KurdishDance.JPG thumb 230px Berlin Germany. Carneval of Cultures. Kurdish dance performance In every ... from many ages. You can have 3 years old and 83 year olds in the same line at a party. Some Kurdish ... Kurdish dances. It consists of stepping forward on the left foot twice and then stepping back on the right ... and certain aspects of this dance have been inspired from Kurdish people Kurdish traditions such as the Kurdish Dance and added to the dance to create what we know now. References reflist See also Kurdish culture Assyrian dance Debke a form of Arabic dance Kurdish culture Category Kurdish dance Category Kurdish culture ar fa ka ku Govend no Halperke sv Kurdisk dans ... more details
Kurdish people Kurdish women KurdishlanguageKurdish Jin n Afiret n Kurd have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish history, society and politics. Image Lady Adela.jpg thumb 300px Lady Adela ... ad Din Bitlisi s 1597 Sharafn ma mentions three Kurdish women assuming power in Kurdish principalities . Evliya elebi also noted that Kurdish women did occasionally assume power in Kurdistan and Ottoman ... Kurdish Women contribution url editor last Joseph editor first Suad editor link editor2 last Najm b di ... after the suppression of Massacres of Badr Khan Bedir Khan revolt in 1847. A young Kurdish woman named ... and order in the region of Halabja is attributed to her sound judgement. ref W. Jwaideh, The Kurdish ... ref In Society and Literature According to the Kurdish writer Mahmud Bayazidi, the Kurdish women ... Kurdish literature, both matriarchal and patriarchal tendencies are found. In the Ballad of Las ... European travelers have mentioned that Kurdish women enjoyed more freedom than their Persian, Arab ... and guests , and female rulers. ref M. Galletti, Western Images of woman s role in Kurdish ..., 2001, pp.209 225. ref Vladimir Minorsky has reported several cases of Kurdish women running the affairs ..., pp.73 80, 1945. p.78 ref Kurdish Women in Iraq The prominent Kurdish poet Abdulla Goran Goran denounced discrimination and violence against women. The first journal for Kurdish women, Deng Afiret Woman s Voice , was published in 1953. Following the overthrow of monarchy in 1958, the Union of Kurdish ... civil control and abolishing honor killing. The first female judge in Middle East was a Kurdish woman ..., Kurdish women were kept in concentration camps and rape was used as a form of punishment. In 1994, Kurdish women marched for peace from Sulaimaniya to Arbil and protested against the civil war in Iraqi ... important figures in the Iraqi civil administration. ref name Women in the New Iraq Kurdish Women ... 21, 2007. In 1919, Kurdish women formed their first organization, the Society for the Advancement of Kurdish ... more details
Euphrates , were taken for six months at a time. The Proto Kurdish names for bipartition of the year still remain in the Kurdishlanguage , passed down from the ancient Kurds who lived in Zagros ... areas of Kurdistan, the ban on Kurdish cultural and language education has diminished the significance ...The Kurdish calendar was originally a lunisolar calendar related to the Babylonian calendar , but is now a solar calendar related to the Iranian calendar . Background The Kurdish calendar starts at 612 ... such important Kurdistan Kurdish sites as Asiab As yaw , Guran , Ganj e Dareh Genj Dara , and Ali ..., the present evidence strongly points to the foothill valleys along the Kurdish mountain ... belief closely related to their way of life. Many names that today remain in the modern Kurdish ... month, according to local needs. Some ancient Kurdish religious calendars begin with major religious ... Kurdish kingdom of the classical era, the House of Kayus or the K vusak n dynasty . An enigmatic ... in native Kurdish religions and would be the time needed for the reincarnation of the souls of departed ... Kurdish or M y I Median . Calendar The Ancient and religious calendar system in the Near East and the Middle ... five months , or the land of the coldness. Various Kurdish dialects also call Tawistan Tawsan ... state as in a place or state as in state of being . This suffix is used quite often in the Kurdishlanguage to create compound words like Kurdistan, the land of Kurds. Zimistan or Zimsan, Zistan, Zisan, Zimistu, Zimsu, Zimstun is made of Zim cold , the connective i , and the suffix stan. Today the Kurdish ... calendar March 20 or 21 . Like the Gregorian system, the Kurdish calendar divides the year ... month into four weeks and every week into seven days. In the Kurdish calendar the first six months ... with Gemini astrology Gemini , and so on. Kurdish months The Kurdish names for each month were designated depending on the geographical division and the lifestyle of specific Kurdish tribes . The name ... more details
0 colspan 2 style text align center File Kurdish inhabited area by CIA 1992 .jpg 225px br Kurdish inhabited area by CIA 1992 . style text align left LanguageKurdishlanguageKurdish style ... interest in Kurdish culture and language into a political nationalist movement based on ethnicity .... Kurdish regions were placed under martial law and the use of the Kurdishlanguage, dress, folklore ... 2005 pp 48 51 ref In 1991, Law 2932 was repealed and the Kurdishlanguage was allowed for informal ... were further liberalized allowing Kurdishlanguage broadcasts and other restrictions, including the giving ... the equal legal status of the Kurdishlanguage with Arabic . The mandate government even divided ... as an official language alongside Arabic, acknowledges the national rights of the Kurdish people ... obligations through conscription in the Military of Syria military . The Kurdishlanguage and cultural .... ref harv McDowall 1992 p 125 ref Iran The similarity between Kurdish and Persian language ... the Kurdishlanguage. ref harv McDowall 1992 p 120 ref However, Kurds were afforded a special ... publications, to celebrate holidays, wear traditional dress, and use Kurdish except as a language of instruction ... of Kurdishlanguage in media, although some of these publications were later restricted. ref harv ... sq.mi style text align left Population 25 to 30 Million Kurdish Population Estimation Est. ref name FSU cite web accessdate 2007 03 17 url http www.xs4all.nl tank kurdish htdocs announce KSF.html title Kurdish Studies Program publisher Florida State University ref Kurdish nationalism is the political movement that holds that the Kurdish people are a nation deserving of a sovereign homeland, Kurdistan out of the territories where Kurdish people form a majority. Currently, these territories lie in northern Iraq , northwestern Iran , southeastern Turkey and small parts of Syria . Kurdish nationalism ... group. With the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurdish majority territories were divided between ... more details
Kurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdishlanguage. Citation needed date August 2010 Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers storytelling storytellers rokb j , minstrel s stranb j and bard s dengb j . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely ... Tatlises. Kurds of Iran In Iran, Kurdishlanguage and radio stations have generally been ... Lawik s which are heroic ballads recounting the tales of Kurdish heroes such as Saladin . Heyran s are love ... and blended it with other Kurdish people Kurdish music. Siya Cheman can also be classified as rokb j ... lines. Kurdish songs stran or goran are characterized by their simple melody melodies , with a range of only four or five notes. History Historically, Kurdish Music has very ancient roots that go back to the Hurrian period of Kurdish history. The Hurrians the ancestors of the modern Kurds were an ancient ... . Kurdish musicians had a great role in the musical life of the Islamic caliphate. Ziryab was one among ... , though music has long been carefully scrutinised for political references. Kurdish music ... Khaleqi Sanandaj . Several Iranian Kurdish singers and musisians have been highly influential ... who was allowed to perform in Kurdish on the Iranian national radio, Shahram Nazeri Kermanshah 1950 ... Sanandaj . The Kamkars Baradaran e Kamkar from the city of Sanandaj is a leading ensemble in Kurdish music today. They are internationally renowned for their performance of Kurdish folk music and with great ... now resides in Sweden, performs Kurdish music from all genres. Ali Akbar Moradi is the greatest master ... support from the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan, and Kurdish artists and writers are encouraged to move and work there. One of the most important Iraqi Kurdish artists is Chopy Fatah singer ... the world more about the great Kurdish music. Aras Ibrahim violinist, built Martyr Karzan s music group ..., Jwan, Bahar,.... Kurdish singers from Iraqi Kurdistan had sometimes the opportunity of performing ... more details
This article deals with the grammar of the Kurdishlanguage . Nouns A Kurdish noun in the absolute state, i.e. without any ending of any kind, gives a generic sense of the noun. It is also the lexical form of the noun, i.e. the form in which a noun is given in a vocabulary list or dictionary. Nouns are declined in four cases nominative case nominative , oblique case oblique , construct case construct or ezafe and vocative case vocative . class wikitable Sing. M. Sing. F Plur. Oblique an Construct a n t Vocative o no ine Indefinite ek ek anek Definite eke eke ekan Pronouns Kurmanji Kurdish uses two types of personal pronouns. class wikitable Number colspan 4 Singular colspan 4 Plural Case colspan 2 NOM. colspan 2 OBL colspan 2 NOM. colspan 2 OBL. normal suffix normal suffix normal suffix normal suffix 1st Ez i m Min i t Em i n Me man i n 2nd Tu Te i t u Hun i n We tan u 3rd Ew e W FEM. br W MASC. y Ew i n e Wan yan The ez forms NOM. are used as subjects in the present and future tenses. They are also used as subjects in past tenses when the verb is an intransitive verbs intransitive one. They are used as objects in past tenses when employed with a transitive verb. The min forms OBL. are used with any proposition or postposition. They are also employed as objects ... in contrast to intransitive verbs which always accept NOM. personal suffixes . See also Kurdishlanguage Notes references References W. M. Thackston 2006 Kurmanji Kurdish A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings Sorani Kurdish A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings W. M. Thackston External links http www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk siamakr Kurdish grammar.html Kurdish grammar http www.institutkurde.org en library online grammar of the kurmanji Kurmanji grammar http www.kurdishacademy.org Kurdish Academy of Language DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Grammar Category Kurdishlanguage Category Grammars of specific ... ... ane As demonstrative adjectives, Sorani Kurdish does not use OBL forms though for demonstrative ... more details
of Kurdishlanguage in print and media. Atat rk believed the unity and stability of a country lay ..., particularly in regards to the Kurdishlanguage, education, and media. Kurdish politicians and activists ... and the area remained under permanent military siege till 1950. The Kurdishlanguage was banned ... KurdishLanguage Policy in Turkey title Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan 1918 1985 accessdate ..., Kurdish rebellions have been taking place in Anatolia for over two centuries. ref cite news url http www.turkishdailynews.com.tr article.php?enewsid 92683 title How many Kurdish uprisings till today ... Kurdish people Kurds criticize Mustafa Kemal Atat rk for disregarding their cultural distinctions .... Several other large scale Kurdish revolts occurred in Ararat and Dersim in 1930 and 1937 . ref ... Kurdish uprisings. Sabiha G k en , Turkey s first female pilot and the adopted daughter of Atat rk .... However, many Kurds did not relinquish their identities and language. ref cite web work http lcweb2.loc.gov ... of Sunni religious zealots, some of whom were Kurdish People Kurmanc Kurds . To most Kurmanc Kurds ... by the Kurds in a Kurdish region centered in Kurdistan . All this disappeared in the 1923 ... this time led by the Zaza cleric Sheikh Said , but organized by another, newer, Kurdish nationalist ... Deleted image removed Image KurdFighters02.jpg thumb right 300px Kurdish militants deletable ... and aggression of Kemalist secularism followed and all public manifestations of Kurdish ... Turkish Gendarmerie , the main Kurdish tribes participating in the rebellion came from Zaza . The rebellion ... 2011 . The Sheikh Said rebellion was the first large scale rebellion of the Kurdish national movement in Turkey. The main organizer of this rebellion was the Kurdish Independent Society, Azadi. Azadi ... military used air force against the rebels using five airplanes in Mardin . In October 1927, Kurdish ... expanse of Kurdish territory and the revolt was put down by the year 1930. Ararat rebellion, 1927 ... more details
Essay like article date April 2008 Kurdish mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Kurdistan mountains of Taurus Mountains Taurus and Western Zagros in northern Mesopotamia . In Kurdish mythology, Kurds are descended of people who fled to the mountains to save their lives from the oppression of a despotic king. It is believed that the people who fled and hid in the mountains over the course of history created a kurdish people Kurdish ethnicity. Bulloch and Morris. p50 Mountains, to this day, are still important geographical and symbolic figures in Kurdish life. The Mount Judi is the most important mountain in Kurdish folklore and along with Mount Ararat is one of the mountains that is thought to be the final resting place of Noah s Ark . In Kurdish mythology Patriarch Abraham Hebrew Bible Abraham is considered to be a Kurdish people Kurd . He was from the present day of Kurdistan and his place of birth is located in historic Kurdish city of Ruha Urfa . It is still one of the holiest places in Kurdistan and in Kurdish folklore. References Unreferenced date February 2008 See also Iranian mythology Kurdish culture Category Kurdish mythology Category Kurdish culture MEast myth stub ... more details
use and traditional KurdishlanguageKurdish , and Azerbaijani language Azeri in Iran ref ..., Dil, Tarih , Kurdish Jews In Turkish language Turkish , Kalan Publishing, Ankara, 2006 Hasan Rokem ...Infobox Ethnic group group Kurdish Jews image File MosheBarazani.jpg 58px Image Yitzhak Mordechai cropped ... 2001.pdf p.2 ref ref http www.jcjcr.org kyn article view.php?aid 20 Kurdish Jewish Community ... Rabbi Moshe Gabai, chief rabbi of Maoz Zion, with President of Israel Yitzhak Ben Zvi File Kurdish ... four liturgical poems for Purim customary among Kurdish Jews mid 19th century, Kurdistan . Kurdish ... to neighbouring Kurdish Muslims and Christian Assyrian people Assyrians . Until their Jewish exodus ... lived as closed ethnic communities. Today, the large majority of Kurdish Jews and their descendants ... Kurdish Jews in Rawanduz , northern Iraq , 1905 Tradition holds that Israelites of the tribe of Benjamin ... During the first century BC, the royal house of Adiabene , whose capital was Arbil Aramaic language ... language. She wrote a long poem of lament and petition in the traditional rhymed metrical form. Her ... Anthology , Feminist Press, 1999, ISBN 1558612246, pp.7,9 ref Immigration of Kurdish Jews to the Land ... , Galilee , and a Kurdish quarter had been established there as a result. The thriving period of Safed ... decline. Modern times Since the early 20th century some Kurdish Jews had been active in the Zionist ... 1920s. The vast majority of Kurdish Jews were Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries forced ... Jews Iraqi Jewish community. The vast majority of the Kurdish Jews of Iranian Kurdistan relocated mostly to Israel as well, in the 1950s. Genetic analysis of Kurdish Jews An extremely close ... common ancestors who resided in northern Mesopotamia about 4,000 years ago. The Kurdish Jews, though found genetically close to their Muslim Kurdish neghbours, were still closer related to Sephardic ... and oral sources that traces the relations between the Jews and the Kurdish masters or chieftains ... more details
Image Kurdishrug.jpg thumb 200px Kurdish couple displaying typical colorful handmade carpet Kurdish rugs lang ku are rugs woven by the Kurdish people in the Middle East, predominantly the larger Kurdistan region including the Eastern part of Turkey near the Tauros Mountains, Iraq, southernmost Caucasus , Soviet Armenia and North Western Iran ref name Neff Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 978 0 949937 35 3 ref . When referring to Kurdish rugs within the rug industry, one is referring to those made within Iranian Kurdistan ref name Neff . Structure File Antique kurdish rug 429871.jpg thumb Antique Kurdish Rug Kurdish Rugs are stout and solid in structure, usually made in symmetrical knotting upon a woolen foundation. Design Kurdish rugs and carpets do use medallion patterns however, far more popular are the all over floral, Mina Khani motifs and the jaff geometric patterns ref name Neff . The beauty of Kurdish designs are enriched by high chroma blues, greens, saffrons as well as terracotta and burnt orange hues made richer still by the lusturous wool used. small 4 small Clarify post text to what does this refer? date September 2010 The traditional Kurdish Rug uses Kurdish symbols. It is possible to read the dreams, wishes and hopes of the rug maker from the sequence of symbols used. It is this signification and communication both individually and grouped into Kurdish rug making Clarify post text sentence fragment date September 2010 . Kurdish people study how meaning is constructed and understood by talking with the rug maker. File Antique kurdish iran rug 404854.jpg thumb Northwest Persian Kurdish Wagireh ... of a Kurdish Rug Type http 0 www.search.eb.com.library.uor.edu eb article 9046468?query Kurdish 20rugs&ct eb Encyclop dia Britannica Rugs and carpets Kurdish culture DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Rugs Category Kurdish culture Category Rugs and carpets Textile arts stub ckb ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Kurdish cinema lang ku mainly evokes the poverty and sufferings of the Kurdish people in the Middle East . Yilmaz G ney , Hiner Saleem , Bahman Qubadi , Mano Khalil , Shero Rauf , Jano Rosebiani , Kazim Oz, Shewket Amin Korki, Havi Ibrahim , Hisham Zaman, Jay Jonroy and Y ksel Yavuz are among the better known Kurdish directors. The following is a list of some better known Kurdish films The Legend of Kawa the Blacksmith ,2009 David & Layla , 2006 Turtles Can Fly , 2004 Vodka Lemon , 2004 Jiyan , 2002 Marooned in Iraq , 2002 A Time for Drunken Horses , 2000 Yol , 1982 A Song For Beko Klamek ji bo Beko , 1992 Kurdish Film Files http tcnarchive.blogspot.com 2006 10 kurdish film files.html Kurdish culture DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Cinema Category Kurdish culture Film genre stub fr Cin ma kurde ku L steya f lm n kurd tr K rt sinemas ... more details
Infobox writing system name Kurdish alphabet type Alphabet languages KurdishlanguageKurdish File Kurdish alphabet.jpg right 200px The Kurdishlanguage is written either using a variant of the Latin alphabet ... Kurdishlanguage , Krugosvet ref Then it was replaced with a Janalif like Latin alphabet during Latinisation USSR Latinisation campaign . Uniform Turkic Alphabet adaptation for Kurdish In 1928 Kurdishlanguage in all USSR , including Armenian SSR , was switched to a Latin alphabet ... unified. It is also better adapted to the vowel rich Kurdishlanguage than is the Arabic script. The Kurdish Academy of Language KAL realises that there are too many shortcomings with current Kurdish ... of KAL s broad endeavour to revive and promote the use of the Kurdishlanguage for the benefit ... Kurdish alphabets http www.omniglot.com writing kurdish.htm Kurdishlanguage, alphabet and pronunciation http www.kurditgroup.org downloads.php?cid 2 Kurdish Unicode Fonts Kurdishlanguage DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Alphabet Category Latin alphabets Category Arabic alphabets Category Kurdishlanguage ... , Jeladet Ali Bedirkhan proposed using for , , and , sounds which he judged to be non Kurdish ... seeking to change their names to Kurdish ones written with the letters q w x but eventually ... September 2003 to take Kurdish names, but cannot use the letters x, w, or q, which are common in Kurdish ... Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 06 28 ref Soran alphabet The Soran Kurdish dialect is mainly ..., making the script easy to read. Yet it is not a complete representation of Kurdish sounds, as it lacks ... it does show the two pharyngeal consonant s, as well as a voiced velar fricative used in Kurdish ... in Iraq and Iran mainly use this alphabet, though the Kurdish Latin alphabet is also in use. Cyrillic ... , We Cyrillic Armenian alphabet From 1921 to 1929 the Armenian alphabet was used for Kurdish languages ... 2011 The Yekgirt Yekgirt , yekgirig alphabet is a recent devised writing system by Kurdish Academy ... more details
File Kurdish states 1835.png thumb Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835 The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19 centuries in a state of Perpetual war continuous warfare against the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, at times siding with either of them. ref name kurd globe http www.kurdishglobe.net display article.html?id 01049DD6BFAED3CC91CD1C6113D2014A KurdishGlobe Kurdish Nationalism in Mam u Zin of Ahmad Kh n Part XII ref The Kurdish principalities were almost always divided and entered into violent rivalries against each other. ref name kurd globe The demarcation of borders between the Safavid Shah Safiuddin and the Ottoman caliph Sultan Murad IV in 1639 effectively divided Kurdistan between the two empires. ref name kurd globe The eyalet of Diyarbakir ultimately covered all major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms except for Kelhor , Erdalan Ardalan , Baban , Sehrizor Shahrizor and Mukri Mokri . ref Google books CttLWEaTrJUC page 49 Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state evolving identities, competing ... By Hakan zo lu ref List Major emirates Ardalan Hakkari Imadiye Bitlis Hisnkeyfa Cezire Bohtan Gurkil Finiq Minor emirates div style moz column count 5 column count 5 Sohran emisgezek Mecengird Mazgird Pertek Sagman Mirdasi Egil , Palu , ermik Hazzo Sasun Erzen Zirqan G rd kan Ataq Tercil Mihrani Hizan Suveydi Han k , Gen , apaq ur S leymandi Qulp , Mifariqin Amid Mardin Arabkir Kigi Harput Ergani Siverek Ruha Urfa Bire Raqqa Suruc Cammasa Deyr Rahba Beni Rabia Mosul Eski Mosul Ana ve Hit Habur Sincar Aq aqale Nisibin Si ird Masyum u Tur H snru Ahakis Dasini Zaho div References reflist Google books fpk3AAAAIAAJ page 19 Evli ya elebi in Diyarbekir the relevant section of The seyahatname By Evli ya elebi , Martin van Bruinessen , Hendrik Boeschoten See also List of Kurdish dynasties and countries Category Kurdish dynasties Category Former Kurdish states ... more details
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