Zaza
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Zazaki Zaza. Several hypotheses exist for the etymology of the word:
- It might be an exonym of non-Iranian substrate (possibly Northwest Caucasian or Northeast Caucasian) origin[1]
- It may stem from the name of a Kurdish tribe called “Ekrad-i Zaza”[2],
- or a clipping of the term Zozan al-Akrad[3]
- or an exonym meaning "stuttering" or "speaking unintelligibly",[4] as the term Zaza is considered derogatory.[5] Zazas prefer to call their language Zazaki Dımliki, while the people are called Zazaki Dımli (“Dimlî”), which could be related to the Iranian tribe Daylamites.[6][7]
Noun
[edit]Zaza (plural Zazas or Zaza)
- A member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey
References
[edit]- ^ Iran & Caucasus: Research Papers from the Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies. (2000). Armenia: Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, p. 441
- ^ "Zaza" Adının Kaynağı Hakkında Birkaç Not, Roşan Lezgîn
- ^ Zewazan veya Zozan el-Ekrad (Kürd Zozanı
- ^ Rich, Claudius James (1836), Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; With Journal of a Voyage Down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.[1], volume I, London: W. Clowes and Sons, page 376
- ^ Bright, W. (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: Expl-Moot. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 231
- ^ https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dimli
- ^ ACTA Iranica: Encyclopedie Permanente Des Etudes Iraniennes. Brill. 1988. p. 500.
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- English terms borrowed from Zazaki
- English terms derived from Zazaki
- English terms derived from substrate languages
- English terms derived from Northwest Caucasian languages
- English terms derived from Northeast Caucasian languages
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns