Folio § xece
Xecê
The beloved
The story of the name
Xecê — the heroine of Siyabend û Xecê. Like Zîn in her own epic, she is a lover who not only listens to her own heart but sets it against the order of her community. As a name it captures the love that refuses to fold.
Etymology
Root: Xecê · Kurmancî
Xecê is the heroine of Siyabend û Xecê. The name’s pre-literary etymology is uncertain — it belongs to the same folk-onomastic stratum as Mem, Zîn, Siyabend. In many regional variants she is the daughter of a chief, a counter-figure to the social order that the story finally cannot bear.
Name family
- Siyabend · cognate
- Zîn · cognate
Updated: 2026-05-02