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The origins of the name are unclear but some scholars believe the name originates from the Avestan word gairi meaning mountain, [1] and in the modern Kurdish language, "Goran" also means highlander or mountaineer. [2] The name has the same meaning in Slavic languages. In Kurdish, gorani also means music. [3]
Some modern scholars, however, reject a Kurdish connection to the Carduchi. [22] [23] [24] There were numerous forms of this name, partly due to the difficulty of representing kh in Latin. The spelling Karduchoi is itself probably borrowed from Armenian, since the termination -choi represents the Armenian language plural suffix -kh. [25]
Kurmanji may have potentially been a literary language from the 10th to the 12th century with the formation of many Kurdish dynasties such as the Hasanwayhids, Rawadids, Ayyubids and especially under the Marwanids who commanded sizeable economic and cultural prosperity. However, the language of Marwanid administration and culture life was ...
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Their origin is uncertain and they are considered Kurds by some scholars. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] They speak Shabaki and live in a religious community ( ta'ifa ) in the Nineveh Plains . The ancestors of Shabaks were followers of the Safaviyya order, which was founded by the Kurdish mystic Safi-ad-din Ardabili in the early 14th century. [ 9 ]
Kurdification is a cultural change in which people, territory, or language gradually become Kurdish. [1] Historically, Kurdification has happened naturally, as in Turkish Kurdistan, or as a deliberate government policy (as in Iraqi Kurdistan after 2003 invasion of Iraq).