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Amed

ديار بكر (الاسم الكردي)

الجنس: ولد
الأصل: جغرافيا
دليل النطق: AH-med

قصة الاسم

Amed — the Kurdish name of the city now officially called Diyarbakır. From the ancient Amid, attested in Roman and Aramaic sources; Kurmancî has kept the older form. As a name, Amed puts a city into a word — the city whose black walls still stand.

علم الاشتقاق

الجذر: Amed · Toponym

Amed is the Kurdish name for the city now officially called Diyarbakır in Turkey. The pre-modern name Amid / Āmida is attested in Roman, Byzantine and Aramaic sources for the same site, and the Kurmancî form preserves that older name. Using Amed is a deliberate cultural-political choice.

عائلة الاسم

Hewlêr · cognate — the Kurdish name of Erbil

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تم التحديث: 2026-05-02