Encyclopedia - Sanandaj: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanandaj - History
The name "Sanandaj" is the arabized form of "Sena Dej"(Sine Dij in Kurdish), which means "the Castle of Sena". Nowadays, it is commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sena: Encyclopedia - Sena
The word sena literally means army in many South Asian languages. Sena could refer to Sena municipality in Huesca province, Spain. Sena ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lishanid Noshan: Encyclopedia Ii - Lishanid Noshan - Modern Use
There are two major dialect clusters of Lishanid Noshan. The western cluster of dialects was centred around Arbil. Most of the Jews of Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Kurdistan - Human Rights Sitiuation In Iranian Kurdistan
There are five to eight million Kurdish Iranians residing mainly in the west and northwest of the country in areas contiguous with Kurdis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Senaya Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Senaya Language - Origin History And Use Today
The city of Sanandaj is at the southeastern periphery of the area of spoken modern Aramaic languages. Its geography makes the Neo-Aramaic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Azarbaijan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - West Azarbaijan Province - History
The name "Azarbaijan" comes from the ancient Old Persian name Atro Patikan and Middle Persian "Adur Paiyigan." The name means "The Guardi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lishan Didan: Encyclopedia Ii - Lishan Didan - Origin And Use Today
Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from Lake Urmia to Lake Van (in Turkey), down to the plain of Mosul (in Iraq)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan Province Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan Province Iran - History
The rich, beautiful and mountainous lands of this area first encouraged Aryan tribes to settle in this region after their immigration to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lishana Deni: Encyclopedia Ii - Lishana Deni - Origin And Use Today
Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from the Zakho region, in the west, to Lake Urmia, in the northeast to Sanand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - Dialects And Regional Variants
Kurdish dialects can be divided into three primary groups: the Northern Kurdish dialects group also called Kurmanji and Badínaní, Cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan - History
Kurds claim descent from various ancient groups; among them the Guti, Mannai, Hurrian and Medes. The Medes came under Persian rule during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hulaula Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Hulaula Language - Origin And Use Today
Hulaulá sits at the southeastern extreme of the wide area over which various Neo-Aramaic dialects used to be spoken. From Sanandaj, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan Province Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan Province Iran - Kurdistan Province Today
Kurdistan Province Iran - Economy. The major activities of the inhabitants are agriculture and modern livestock farming. Wheat, barley,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan Province Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan Province Iran - People And Culture
The population of the province in 1996 was 1,346,383 of which 52.42% were urban dwellers and 47.58% rural dwellers. The sex ratio of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - Classification And Related Languages
The Kurdish languages form a dialect continuum, with comprehensibility diminishing as the distance from one's native dialect increases. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Azarbaijan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - West Azarbaijan Province - Demographics
The province is divided into 14 townships. The present number of townships was achieved over time by subdivision of many of the larger to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Azarbaijan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - West Azarbaijan Province - Religion
In this province, Islam (Sunni and Shiite) is the majority religion. However, there is also a large Christian minority, comprised of Assy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan Province Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan Province Iran - Geography
Kurdistan Province is entirely a mountainous region that can be divided into two western and eastern sections from topographical points o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Azarbaijan Province: Encyclopedia Ii - West Azarbaijan Province - West Azarbaijan Today
In the city of Urumieh, some residents have a high standard of living in comparison with the other cities of the province. There are plen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - Differences Between Persian And Kurdish
Despite having some similarities in a number of basic words as seen above, these two languages are indeed very different. One of the main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan - Western Kurdistan
Western Kurdistan or Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Kurdistana Binxetê) is a geocultural region located in present-day north-eastern Syria. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan - Iranian Eastern Kurdistan
This area in northwestern Iran along the borders of Iraq and Turkey spans (Greater parts of) the provinces West Azarbaijan, Kurdistan, Ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan - Southern Kurdistan
Southern Kurdistan is a geocultural region located in present-day Northern Iraq. The southern boundary of the present-day Kurdistan Regio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - Kurdish Dictionaries
Kurdish language - Kurdish-Kurdish Dictionary. Husein Muhammed: Soranî Kurdish - Kurmancî kurdish dictionary (2005) Khal, Sheikh Muh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - A Historical List Of The Kurdish Literature And Poets
Kurdish language - Religious. Mishefa Reş, The religious book of the Êzidî (Yezidi) Kurds. [7] (in French) It is held to have been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdistan - Northern Kurdistan
Northern Kurdistan is a geocultural region located in present-day southeastern Turkey. After the Treaty of Sèvres, Kemal Atatürk often ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Kurdistan - Kurds In Modern Iran
Iranian Kurdistan - Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad. Although Iran had declared its neutrality in the Second World War, it was occupi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iranian Kurdistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Iranian Kurdistan - History
A very early record of confrontation between the Kurds and the Sassanid Empire appears in a historical text called the Book of the Deeds ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kurdish Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kurdish Language - Kurdish Phonology
According to the Kurdish Academy of Language, Kurdish has the following phonemes: Note 1: : Non-latin scripts also have letters for /ħ/,...   » Read the article