III.

Sources

We cite sources for everything we write — etymology, literature, and contemporary Kurdish usage.

• Mem û Zîn Ehmedê Xanî · 1692

  Kurdish national epic.

• A Grammar of Contemporary Kurdish (Kurmanji) D. N. MacKenzie · 1961–62

  Foundational reference work on Kurmanji.

• Encyclopaedia Iranica Ehsan Yarshater (ed.) · 1982–

  Authority on Iranian-language etymology, including Kurdish roots.

• Folkberättelser från Kurdistan / Kurdish Folk Tales Various editors · 20th c.

  Various 20th-century collections of Kurdish folklore from Diyarbakir, Sulaymaniyah, and the diaspora.