Wiktionarypar Kurdish InterWiki code ku Kurdish lang ku Kurd may refer to The Kurdish people The Kurdish language 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
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
Kurdish PEN or The Kurdish Centre of the International PEN Navenda PEN a Kurd in Kurdish language Kurdish 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 Kurdish language 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 Kurdish language Kurdish . 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 Kurdish language media Category International PEN centers Category Organisations based in Cologne de Kurdisches P.E.N. Zentrum ku Navenda PEN a Kurd ... 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 language name Southern Kurdish nativename 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 Kurdish language Kurdish 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 ... 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. Southern Kurdish ... The dialects of Southern Kurdish are Kalhuri , referring to Kalhor Kurdish tribe Kalhor people and region Feyli dialect Feyli also known as Ilami referring to the Feyli Kurdish tribe Feyli tribe and the Ilam ... Iranian language. Although it is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects, it is a fourth subgroup of Kurdish with lexical similarity with Luri, Western Persian, and Northern Luri. See also Kermashani dialect Kermanshahi Kalhor tribe Kalhor Gorani language 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 Kurdish language Iranian languages Category Kurdish ... more details
Kurdish people Kurdish traditional clothing lang ku Cil Kurd are variant and an ongoing part of Kurdish heritage. Kurdish clothes have never gone out of fashion. Types of clothing and accessories Rank ... Kurdish dress File Kurdish women, Van, 1973 .jpg thumb upright Kurdish women in traditional dress, 1973 The traditional Kurdish dresses ref A Kurd in traditional dress from the Caucasus Region of Southern ... 26um 3D1 26hl 3Den ref are for everyday wear and are not reserved only for holidays. The Kurdish ... and have little or no accessories or embroideries. In the present day the Kurdish dress is more commonly worn on special occasions. Traditional Kurdish women s outfit includes either a vest or long ... the gown. A belt over the gown is also needed. Traditionally women wore Kurdish hats ornamented with valued ... the dazzling masterpiece of the outfit. Most commonly Kurdish women wear a mesh fabric or a sheer ... used to make the women s national Kurdish dress http www.flickr.com photos maureenmc 393394150 ref . The brightly coloured outfits characterize the spirit of the Kurdish people. There are many different structural designs of the gown. The most common ones today are the traditional Kurdish region gown which is straight top to bottom with very long sleeves and the Kurdish Iranian gown which is frilly ... unlike the Lira coins. The traditional Kurdish hat is usually black velveteen ornamented with traditional amber and turquoise beads ref Kurdish Photos A little Kurdish girl http www.fortunecity.com victorian portfolio 160 id48.htm ref with gold or silver charms. Traditional Kurdish gold ... are inexpensive unlike the Lira coins. Modern dress Most Kurdish women and men have a large collection of Kurdish dresses and are always on the lookout for new designs and fabric. They usually ... in making Kurdish clothes. Recently these respected tailors have turned into designers that have ... designers like Dilkash Della Murad who integrate modern techniques with traditional and modern Kurdish ... 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 Kurdish language Kurdish 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
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
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 Kurdish language Kurdish 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
Kurdish dance Kurdish language Kurdish 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 ... Deleted image removed Image KurdishDance.JPG thumb 230px Berlin Germany. Carneval of Cultures. Kurdish .... Some Kurdish dances have various and numerous versions such as following Halay Dilan Sepe ... of the more simple Kurdish dances. It consists of stepping forward on the left foot twice and then stepping ... into the culture 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 ... 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
Kurds Kurdish literature in Kurdish language Kurdish ku W je W jeya Kurd refers to literature written in Kurdish language . 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 ... 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 encyclopedia last KREYENBROEK first PHILIP G. title KURDISH WRITTEN LITERATURE encyclopedia Encyclopedia Iranica accessdate 2009 06 04 url http www.iranicaonline.org articles kurdish written literature ... source of Kurdish culture, history and mythology. This work also emphasizes the nationalism national aspirations of the Kurdish people. Mam of the Alan clan and Zin of Buhtan family are two lovers ..., had the opportunity of elementary and university education in Kurdish and for many decades. This in turn lead to an appearance of several Kurdish writers and researchers among them. The literary works of Kurdoev and Shamilov are the well known examples of Kurdish prose in the 20th century. The first modern latin based alphabet for Kurdish was created by Jaladat Ali Badirkhan , the poet and writer ... a massive effort on the part of Kurds in Turkey to write and to create literary works in Kurdish ... are living. There are a number of Kurdish publishers in Sweden, partly supported by the Swedish Government . More than two hundred Kurdish titles have appeared in the 1990s. Some of the well known contemporary Kurdish writers from Turkey are Firat Cewer , Mehmed Uzun , Mehmed Emin Bozarslan , Mahmud ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Kurdish dialects are dialects of the Kurdish language . They are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from the various standardised forms of Kurdish. Classification The Kurdish language 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 script 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 ... 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 ... Ilam , Silax r and Xacevend in Mazandaran References reflist Kurdish language Iranian languages Iraq topics DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Dialects Category Kurdish language Category Languages of Armenia Category ... more details
Kurdish people Kurdish women Kurdish language Kurdish 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
Kurdish Christians Kurdish language Kurdish 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 ... . 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 ..., several Christian villages existed in Kurdistan , whose inhabitants spoke only Kurdish language Kurdish , and there were Muslim Kurdish tribes that recalled they were once Christians. Kurds who converted ... 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 ... of 300 new Kurdish converts. ref http www.globalsecurity.org wmd library news iraq 2005 04 imm ... more details
Kurdish culture Kurdish language Kurdish 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 AD, 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
Infobox language name Kurdish nativename , Kurd , Kurd , ref cite web url http www.kurdishacademy.org ?q node 41 title Kurdish Language Kurdish Academy of Language publisher Kurdishacademy.org ... List of countries by Kurdish speaking population see article for full list region West Asia speakers ...?code kur title Ethnologue figure for Kurdish publisher Ethnologue.com date accessdate 2 December ... Iranian languages Northwestern Iranian script Perso Arabic alphabet Perso Arabic Kurdish alphabet Sorani alphabet Sorani alphabet in Iraq and Iran, Latin script Latin Kurdish alphabet Hawar alphabet ... kur lc1 ckb ld1 Sorani lc2 kmr ld2 Kurmanji lc3 sdh ld3 Southern Kurdish lc4 lki ld4 Laki language Laki This code isn t part of the macrolanguage per SIL lingua 58 AAA a North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji & Kurmanjiki 58 AAA b Central Kurdish incl. Dimli Zaza & Gurani 58 AAA c South Kurdish incl. Kurdi notice IPA File Moderniranianlanguagesmap.jpg thumb Geographic distribution of the Kurdish language in turquoise KurdishKurdish lang ku Kurd or lang ckb is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds ... Indo Iranian group of Indo European languages . The Kurdish language itself has about 16 million ... Kurdish as their native or second language. ref http www.milliyet.com.tr 2007 03 22 guncel agun.html ... World Factbook , 10 of total population of Iran speaks Kurdish. ref cite web url https www.cia.gov library ... accessdate 25 April 2012 ref The actual number of ethnic Kurds is higher than speakers of Kurdish ... ref ref The Kurds culture and language rights Kerim Yildiz, Georgina Fryer, Kurdish Human ... Norton and Company, 2002. Excerpt from pg 350 As much as 25 of Turkey is Kurdish. ref ref John L. Henriques , Syria issues and historical background , Nova Science Publishers ref Kurdish is not a unified ... 712 kurdishacademy.org ref The second official language of Iraq , referred to only as Kurdish in political .... 2001. However, it was the southern dialect of Kurdish, Sorani, the majority language of the Iraqi ... more details
File Kibbeh3.jpg thumb 200px Deep fried Kurdish kubbeh File Xwarin shingal1.jpg thumb Traditional Kurdish food Image Armeniadoma.jpg thumb 250px Dolma Kurdish cuisine consists of a wide variety of foods prepared by the people of Kurdistan . Culinary customs The Kurdish diet includes a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Cucumbers are especially common. Lamb and chicken are the primary meats. Breakfast is typically flat bread, honey, sheep or buffalo yoghurt, and a glass of black tea. Savoury dishes are usually served with rice or flat bread. Lamb and vegetables are simmered in a tomato sauce to make a stew usually served with rice. Kurdistan has a climate and soil suited to grapes, pomegranates, figs, and walnuts. Kurdish honey has a clear light taste and is often sold with the honeycomb. Kurdistan also produces dairy products from sheep and buffalo milk. Kurds make many types of kofta and Kibbeh kubba , dumplings filled with meat. File Baklava ST 06.JPG thumb right 200px Baklawa Kurdish cuisine makes abundant use of fresh herbs. ref http www.krg.org articles detail.asp?lngnr 12&smap 03014200&rnr 151&anr 18693 Kurdistan s cuisine ref Sweetened black tea is a very common drink, along with bitter strong coffee. Annother favourite kurdish drink is mastow sorani or Ava Mast , which is yougurt and salt mixed with water. ref http www.krg.org articles detail.asp?rnr 151&lngnr 12&smap 03014200&anr 18693 Kurdistan s cuisine ref Staples of Kurdish cuisine are Kutilk , Berbesel , kellane ... kurds.html Middle East ref Sawarr , a traditional dish among Kurdish farmers, is made of wheat ... search?q cache eq abt wv48J www.saradistribution.com sharistani.htm kurdish food&cd 6&hl en&ct ... Iraqi Kurdish, Life Style, The Guardian ref A typical Kurkish breakfast consists of cheese ... References reflist External sources http www.sarahmelamed.com 2009 11 hamousta kurdish sour dumpling soup Kubbah hamousta, prepared by Kurdish Jews Category Kurdish cuisine Asia topic title Asian cuisine ... more details
, 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 ... of Kurdish language in print and media. Atat rk believed the unity and stability of a country lay ..., particularly in regards to the Kurdish language, education, and media. Kurdish politicians and activists ... 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 ... proclaimed Turkish Kurdistan Kurdish state. It was located in the east of modern Turkey , being ..., the Turkish Air Force was bombing Kurdish positions around Mt. Ararat from all directions. According ... to the height of 5,000 meters. By July 21, bombardment had destroyed many Kurdish forts. During ... 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 Language Kurdish language Kurdish style ... sq.mi style text align left Population 35 to 40 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 ... state. Kurdish nationalist movements have long been suppressed by Turkey, Iran and the Arab majority ... measure of self governance but stopping short of full independence. Kurdish nationalism has long been espoused and promoted by the worldwide Kurdish diaspora . ref Curtis, Andy. http www.cs.uwaterloo.ca a2curtis papers 2004 kurdish diaspora.pdf Nationalism in the Diaspora a study of the Kurdish movement . ref History File Ancient Kurdistan.gif thumb left 170px Kurdistan in an antique map. The Kurdish ... of a Kurdish state. Revolts did occur sporadically but only decades after the Ottoman centralist policies of the 19th century began did the first modern Kurdish nationalist movement emerge with uprising led by a Kurdish landowner and head of the powerful Shemdinan family, Sheik Ubeydullah ..., Hakan. Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting ... notables, were exiled to Istanbul. The Kurdish nationalist movement that emerged following World ... of authority which threatened the power of local chieftain s and Kurdish autonomy, and rampant ... more details
Iraq War. The problem of Kurdish refugees and displaced has been created over the 20th century ... of Turkey turned disastrous on the course of the 1920s and 1930s, when large scale Kurdish rebellions ... violence of the Kurdish Turkish conflict created about 3,000,000 displaced, many of which remain unsettled. In Iraq, the Kurdish strive for autonomy and independence loomed into armed conflicts since ... Kurdish conflict and parallel active Arabizations programs of the Ba athist regime, ref name arabization which looked to cleanse northern Iraq of its Kurdish majority. Tens of thousands of Kurds turned displaced and fled the war zones following First Kurdish Iraqi War First and Second Kurdish Iraqi ... rebellions all together generated several millions of primarily Kurdish refugees, who mostly found refuge in Iran, while others dispersed into Kurdish diaspora in Europe and the Americas ... of the Persian Gulf War 1990 91 and the subsequent rebellions. Today, a large portion of the Kurdish population is composed of Kurdish refugees and displaced and their descendants. Refugees themselves still comprise a significant proportion of Iranian and Syrian Kurds. Recently, the Syrian Kurdish ... of some 200,000 stateless Kurds were given an official status in Syria. Refugee crises Kurdish refugees and displaced during World War I Empty section date August 2011 Demographic catastrophe of the Kurdish rebellions against Turkey Empty section date August 2011 Refugees of the Kurdish Iraqi conflict First Kurdish Iraqi War Empty section date August 2011 Second Kurdish Iraqi War and the Arabization campaign in North Iraq See also Kurdish villages destroyed during the Iraqi Arabization campaign ..., eastern Mosul is Kurdish and western Mosul is Sunni Arab. ref http www.atimes.com atimes Middle East ... section date August 2011 Persian Gulf war and consequent rebellions In 1991, when suppression of Kurdish rebellion in the north was initiated by Saddam and massacres of the Kurdish population appeared ... more details
The Kurdish calendar was originally a lunisolar calendar related to the Babylonian calendar , but is now ... in the Kurdish calendar. ref http web.archive.org web 20080209024402 http www.kurdistanica.com english culture ncharacters calendar converter kurdish calendar converter.html ref Background The Kurdish ..., which comes from such important Kurdistan Kurdish sites as Asiab As yaw , Guran , Ganj e Dareh ... the Kurdish mountain chains with a spur stretching into Samaria as being the main geographic setting ... in the modern Kurdish calendar are derived from festivals, annual natural events, and from tasks usually performed in the given month, according to local needs. Some ancient Kurdish religious calendars ... the fall of the last Kurdish kingdom of the classical era, the House of Kayus or the K vusak n ... the number is held in native Kurdish religions and would be the time needed for the reincarnation ... been variously called Kurdi Kurdish or M y I Median . Calendar The Ancient and religious calendar system ..., Syria Mari , on the middle Euphrates , were taken for six months at a time. The Proto Kurdish names for bipartition of the year still remain in the Kurdish language , passed down from the ancient Kurds ..., and Winter Zimistan five months , or the land of the coldness. Various Kurdish dialects also ... often in the Kurdish language to create compound words like Kurdistan, the land of Kurds. Zimistan ... stan. Today the Kurdish solar system calendar is normally 365 days with the remaining natural ... according to the Gregorian calendar March 20 or 21 . Like the Gregorian system, the Kurdish calendar ... into 12 months, each month into four weeks and every week into seven days. In the Kurdish calendar ... astrology Taurus , the third with Gemini astrology Gemini , and so on. Kurdish months The Kurdish names ... Kurdish tribes . The name for a former tribe might be different from a nomadic or agricultural ... month of summer, is the Kurdish name of a star, which appears at this time of the year in the sky ... more details
Kurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdish language. 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 ... 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 ... Xemgin and Ibrahim Tatlises. Kurds of Iran In Iran, Kurdish language and radio stations have generally ... of the time, though music has long been carefully scrutinised for political references. Kurdish ... Sanandaj and Mazhar Khaleqi Sanandaj . Several Iranian Kurdish singers and musisians have been highly ... 1882 1936 who was allowed to perform in Kurdish on the Iranian national radio, Shahram Nazeri Kermanshah ... in Kurdish music today. They are internationally renowned for their performance of Kurdish folk ... , who now resides in Sweden, performs Kurdish music from all genres. Ali Akbar Moradi is the greatest ... now enjoy a good 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 ... to show the world more about the great Kurdish music. Aras Ibrahim violinist, built Martyr Karzan ..., Ashti Said, Jwan, Bahar,.... Kurdish singers from Iraqi Kurdistan had sometimes the opportunity of performing and recording with Arab orchestras, which is the reason why Kurdish music from this part ... more details
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 ... use and traditional Kurdish language Kurdish , and Azerbaijani language Azeri in Iran ref ... 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 ... is similar to neighbouring Kurdish Muslims and Christian Assyrian people Assyrians . Until their Jewish ..., the Jews of Kurdistan lived as closed ethnic communities. Today, the large majority of Kurdish Jews ... thumb Kurdish Jews in Rawanduz , northern Iraq , 1905 Tradition holds that Israelites ... A Bilingual Anthology , Feminist Press, 1999, ISBN 1558612246, pp.7,9 ref Immigration of Kurdish ... arriving to Safed , Galilee , and a Kurdish quarter had been established there as a result. The thriving ... in the region and an economic decline. Modern times Since the early 20th century some Kurdish Jews ... in the late 1920s. The vast majority of Kurdish Jews were Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim ..., together with the Iraqi 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 ... to the research, have 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 ... using written, archival and oral sources that traces the relations between the Jews and the Kurdish masters or chieftains Aghas . He interviewed 56 Kurdish Jews from six towns Zakho, Iraq Zahko , Aqrah ... s leading scholars in the Kurdish languages, culture and history, suggested that This part of Mr. Zaken ... in Iraq Kurdish people Israeli Kurdish relations Northeastern Neo Aramaic Seharane References reflist ... more details
This article deals with the grammar of the Kurdish language . 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 m 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 ... ... ane As demonstrative adjectives, Sorani Kurdish does not use OBL forms though for demonstrative ... in contrast to intransitive verbs which always accept NOM. personal suffixes . See also Kurdish language 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 Kurdish language Category Grammars of specific ... more details
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