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Botan
Region i Kurdistan
Berättelsen om namnet
Botan-emiratet — historisk kurdisk furstendöme. Mem û Zîn utspelar sig här.
Etymologi
Rot: Botan · Toponym
Botan is the Kurdish name of a historical region in south-eastern Anatolia, between the Tigris and Lake Van. Centred on the town of Cizîr (Cizre); home of the 17th-century Bedirxan dynasty whose name informs the standard Latin Kurdish orthography.
Uppdaterad: 2026-05-02