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Kırmanc
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Zazaki
Etymology
Cognate with kmr kurmanc.Haig, Geoffrey; Öpengin, Ergin (2014). "Introduction to Special Issue – Kurdish: A Critical Research Overview". Kurdish Studies. 2 (2). Transnational Press London. p. 6. doi:10.33182/ks.v2i2.397.
Pronunciation
zza /kəɾmɑnd͡z/
Proper noun
(chiefly in the ota درسم Dersim region) a en Kurd, in the sense of a person speaking either en Zazaki or en Kurmanji.Zîlan, Bîlal. “Zazaların Kendini Adlandırma Biçimlerine Dair Tarihsel Bir Çözümleme.” Sözden Yazıya Zazaca, vol. Peywend , 2019. p. 316-326.
(chiefly in the ota درسم Dersim region) an en Alevi Kurd.Firat, Gülsün. 1997. Sozioökonomischer Wandel und ethnische Identität in der kurdisch-alevitischen Region Dersim. (Bielefelder Studien Zur Entwicklungssoziologie). Saarbrücken: Verlag für
Entwicklungspolitik. p. 143.Dogan, Mahîr. "8 Problems in Zazakî nomenclature". Gorani in its Historical and Linguistic Context, edited by Shuan Osman Karim and Saloumeh Gholami, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2024, pp. 249-276. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111168852-008
(chiefly in the ota درسم Dersim region) a follower of en Alevism.Keskin, Mesut. 2010. Zazaki. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605115426/http://www.zazaki.de/deutsch/aufsaezte/Keskin-Zazaki.pdf. Keskin argues that it is exclusively used to denote Alevis. However, Dogan (2024) references Sermiyan (2020) and Firat (1997) and argues that while it may carry the meaning of “Alevi” as well, one of the original definitions being “Kurdish” cannot be disputed.
Derived terms
zza Kırmanciye
zza Kırmancki
Related terms
zza Dımıl
zza Dımlıc
zza Kırd
zza Zaza
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