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Rojhilat
Este (Kurdistán del Este)
La historia del nombre
Rojhilat — where the sun rises, and the name of the eastern Kurdish regions. As a name it holds the day’s beginning and the beginning of new things in the same word.
Etimología
Raíz: roj + hilat · Kurmancî
Rojhilat is roj (sun) + hilat (rises): the place the sun rises, the east. In Kurdish political geography the term also names Eastern Kurdistan — the Kurdish-populated regions of north-western Iran.
Familia del nombre
- Rojava · cognate — sundown / west
- Bakur · cognate — north
- Başûr · cognate — south
Actualizado: 2026-05-02