Pirtûka Navan Folio I — § 001

Folio § ciya

Çîya

Berg

Geschlecht
Junge
Herkunft
Natur
Aussprache
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Die Geschichte des Namens

Çîya — a word older than four millennia. The root is Proto-Iranian kaufa-, the same root behind Persian kūh. In the saying Kurd û çiya — ‘the Kurd and the mountain’ — the mountain is where a people kept itself, stored its history, and rose again.

Etymologie

Wurzel: çiya · Kurmancî

Çîya descends from Proto-Iranian kaufa- (mountain), with cognates in Persian kūh and Avestan kaofa-. Kurdish geography lives among mountains; the saying Kurd û çiya — ‘the Kurd and the mountain’ — is older than any printed source.

  • çiya — mountain
  • çiyayî — of the mountain, highland

Redewendungen

  • Kurd û çiya ‘the Kurd and the mountain’ — a saying about the inseparability of the people and their geography

Namensfamilie

  • Sîpan · cognate — a specific Kurdish mountain

Sprachliche Parallelen

  • Montague Latin — 'Berg'
  • Yama (山) Japanska — 'Berg'
  • Natur
  • Berge

Aktualisiert: 2026-05-02