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Şoreş
Revolution
The story of the name
Directly: 'revolution'. Politically meaningful name from the 20th century.
Etymology
Root: šūriš · Persian
Şoreş — revolution, uprising. From Persian šūriš (the same root yields modern Persian šūr: ‘turmoil, salt-storm’). In Kurdish political vocabulary it has been a charged word since the early 20th century.
Linguistic parallels
- Revolutia Latin — Latinsk form
Updated: 2026-05-02