Questions tagged [kurmanji-kurdish-language]
Questions about works of literature which were originally produced in Kurmanji, the northernmost and most widely spoken of the Kurdish languages. For stories in other Kurdish languages, use instead [kurdish-sorani-literature] etc.
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How does Ahmad Khani's Mem and Zin differ from the pre-existing oral tradition of the story?
Mem and Zin is a classic tale of traditional Kurdish storytelling, passed down through oral tradition for centuries, but also written down in 1692 by the Kurdish poet Ahmad Khani. In the process of ...
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Why did Mem/Tajdin and Zin/Siti disguise themselves for Nowruz?
I'm reading online Salah Saadalla's translation of the Kurdish classic Mem and Zin, and I've reached the part where the eponymous lovers, along with their respective siblings, meet each other at ...
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Where is the Kurdish principality of Botan?
The classical Kurdish story of Mem and Zin (which I'm reading online in Salah Saadalla's translation) appears to be set in a principality called Botan, whose prince (Zin's brother) rules from the town ...
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What plight of the Kurds is suggested in Mem and Zin chapter 5?
I'm reading online Salah Saadalla's translation of the Kurdish classic Mem and Zin. The early chapters aren't part of the main story: two chapters addressed to God, two to the prophet Mohammed, two ...
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What are all the love stories referred to in chapter 2 of Mem and Zin?
I'm reading online Salah Saadalla's translation of the Kurdish classic Mem and Zin. The early chapters are not even part of the main story: two chapters addressed to God, two to the prophet Mohammed, ...
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When/where was "Mem and Zin" first compared to "Romeo and Juliet"?
Mem and Zin is
a Kurdish classic love story written down in 1692
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is based on a true story, laid down from generation to generation through oral tradition.
It appears to be often compared to ...
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When was Mem and Zin / Mam û Zîn first printed?
Wikipedia describes Mem and Zin as
a Kurdish classic love story written down in 1692 (...).
In other words, it was written down roughly two-and-a-half centuries after Johannes Gutenberg invented the ...
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