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Dımıli
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Zazaki
Etymology
Likely zza Dımıl i. However, it is unclear where the suffix -i comes from in the context of language, where the expected suffix would be zza -ki. Possibly from zza kmr -î.
Further etymology disputed. Either:
cognate with en Daylam, as specifically argued for by Asatrian and Hadank, among others, primarily based on Zazaki linguistic similarity with Northwestern Iranian languages in Daylam.Asatrian, Garnik S.. "DIMLĪ." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1995. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_8398K. Hadank, Kurdisch-persische Forschungen von O. Mann Abt. 3 (Nordwestiranisch) IV. Mundarten der Zâzâ, hauptsächlich aus Siwerek und Kor, Berlin, 1932.V. Minorsky, La domination des dailamites, Paris, 1932. In which case cognate with hy Դելում.
derived from the Kurdish en Donboli (Dunbuli, Dumbuli etc.) tribe (att. since the 10th century), historically present in Zazaki-speaking areas and often equated with Zazas.Dogan, Mahîr. "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/10.1515/9783111168852-008Malmisanij, Mehemed. 2021. The Kırmanjki (Zazaki) Dialect of Kurdish Language and the Issues
It Faces. In The Cambridge History of the Kurds, ed. Hamit Bozarslan, Cengiz Gunes and Veli Yadirgi
Yadirgi, 663-684. Cambridge University Press.Léart, Marcel [Krikor Zohrab]. La Question arménienne à la lumière des documents. Augustin Challamel, 1913. p. 60-61 "Zaza-Tmbli-Tchariklis'
Pronunciation
zza /dəməli/
Proper noun
zza proper noun
zza Zaza
zza Zazaki
The Southern Zazaki dialect.
Alternative forms
(Baykan) zza Dımbıli
zza Dılmi
zza Dımli
zza Dımılki
Descendants
zza Dımlıc 1
en Dimili 1, en Dimli
References