Zakho, Jewish: Traveling Merchants

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Oz Aloni	loni, Oz. 2014. The Neo-Aramaic Speaking Jewish Community of Zakho: A Survey of the Oral Culture. Saarbrücken: Lambert.	Yitzhak Zizi, Batya Aloni, Oz Aloni

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0:00	IZ: ᴴʾazᴴ ʾó ᴴməsḥárᴴ wèle,ˈ BA: wa-ʾáhet g-ezə́twa məd bàbox?ˈ IZ: bằle,ˈ ʾána ᴴʿozérᴴ díde wèli u-ʾána káteb wèli,ˈ kaswə̀nwa ši.ˈ BA: hé hè,ˈ IZ: g-emə́rwa-li ʾanya-kmá ʾúzlu? g-ə́mri ʾúzlu ʾàsqadda.ˈ ksú šə́mmed ʾáḥmad bər ḥàsan,ˈ ʾásqad šqèlleˈ ʾásqad hŭ̀lleˈ ʾásqad pà[y]eš.ˈ ʾóha ᴴdáfᴴˈ ʾóha ʾé waráqa dìde híla.ˈ xá-yoma mṭélan ʾəl xa-mása g-əmríla məšàra.ˈ məšàra,ˈ ʾánya lá-g-loši šála-šapə̀qsa,ˈ ʾánya g-lóši,ˈ fəstànaˈ u-sáko rèša.ˈ múx ᴴsaʿùdim.ᴴˈ kafíyya ʿagála.ˈ mṭélan tàma,ˈ wáʿad gùbta-le.ˈ má-yle wáʿad gùbta?ˈ báhar hìle,ˈ ᴴbáhar zé ʾavív.ᴴˈ wáʿad báhar hìle,ˈ sélan táma g-ə́mri ʾèh!ˈ bárux há-bbaˈ go ʾènan sèlox!ˈ xálwa déniˈ kúlle lá-k-iyax má-ʾozàx-be,ˈ ʾísen ràba xálwa,ˈ hawa šqòl,ˈ kmád šqúllox ʾoz gúbta ta gyànox,ˈ xaráe b-óx xešbòna,ˈ haə́llox xá-məndi hàllan,ˈ la-haə́llox mà-b-ozax.ˈ ʾáni mad-wèluˈ be-ʿàqel,ˈ lá g-ezíwa ʾəl záxo nablíwale ᴴsḥoráᴴ dóhun b-zabnìwala,ˈ lá-k-yʾewa záxo ʾèka-la,ˈ gúlle múne b-rèšu,ˈ BA: g-ḥamlíwa hivitòxun,ˈ hèˈ IZ: hádxa wéla màsʾale.ˈ ᴴtòv,ᴴˈ drélan táma gùbta,ˈ pə́šla ʿaṣə̀rta,ˈ sélu tré nafàre.ˈ tré náše sèlū,ˈ g-ə́mri ʾísen àxxā,ˈ tàžer?ˈ tìjjar,ˈ gə-mzáben ᴴbaddìm?ᴴˈ g-ə́mri hè.ˈ g-er-šmèʾlan,ˈ sélan túsane məd-tùsane,ˈ g-ə́mri wéle go məšàra.ˈ sélan áxxa go məšàra,ˈ šméʾlan d-wéle àxxa,ˈ ᴴtòv,ˈ - le-ḥàyimᴴˈ BA: ᴴle-ḥàyim li-briʾùtᴴˈ IZ: qáy-la šàtyat?ˈ ʾèhaˈ štéla hádxa hedí hedì,ˈ BA: lá, lá-k-šatyan ᴴbìra,ᴴˈ BA: ᴴnoráᴴ basə́mta-la àxxa,ˈ IZ: ᴴbárux ha-ššèmᴴˈ BA: ᴴgan-ʿèden,ᴴˈ IZ: wáḷḷa má ʾamrànnax,ˈ xúškámə̆́ne,ˈ - k-íyat mà-yle xúškamə̆̀ne?ˈ BA: lÃ ,ˈ IZ: xÃ¡si á´´ha-yqarÃ á´´ˈ BA: ᴴʾàˈ yafèᴴˈ IZ: ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ ma ʾamrə́nnax xúškamə̀ne,ˈ g-ə́mri ṭàle¬̄ˈ húzaya, g-er mà,ˈ g-er ʾàxnan,ˈ qačàxe-wáx.ˈ ᴴmá-zeᴴ qačàxe?ˈ BA: ᴴmetavxìm,ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴšodedìm,ᴴˈ BA: qàččax?ˈ là dàmed,ˈ IZ: qáčaxe,ˈ qằčaxˈ BA: qằčax,ˈ IZ: ᴴšodedìm!ᴴˈ BA: ᴴšodedìmᴴˈ IZ: ᴴʾanàḥnu,ᴴˈ qačáxe wàxni,ˈ sélan mən-ʾál ṭayàʾa ʾál turkìya,ˈ mən dukáne kurdistán bəd turkìya.ˈ wal ʾùzlan,ˈ gnùlanˈ pàre,ˈ ʾúzlan ᴴšòd.ᴴˈ ma g-əmrì-la?ˈ nahìbe,ˈ nhə̀blan.ˈ BA: nahìbe,ˈ nhə́blan pàre,ˈ IZ: nhə́blan xá dùka,ˈ šqə́lan mád ʾə́swa-lu kúllu qam-daryáxlu go-dé č̣ànṭa.ˈ č̣ánṭa ṃḷèla kaġàte.ˈ lá-k-iʾax kma ʾís àxxa.ˈ ʾé č̣ánṭa šqúlla ṭàlox.ˈ hállan ᴴbadìm,ᴴˈ ṭàli,ˈ u-ta-bràti,ˈ u-ta-bàxtī,ˈ u-ta-bràti-xet,ˈ u-ta-bràte-xet,ˈ ᴴʾotó davàr,ᴴˈ ʾápo-ta-dóha-ši hàllē,ˈ ta-báxte u-ta-bràte,ˈ kúlla g-əbàxni,ˈ č̣āp̣òn.ˈ ᴴʾèn,ˈ lóᴴ čìti, ᴴló praḥìm,ˈ ló klùm,ᴴˈ ʾánya là-g-loší,ˈ g-lóši bás-taˈ sátri gyànu,ˈ č̣ap̣òn.ˈ OA: ᴴmá-zeᴴ čapòn?ˈ IZ: čap̣òn ᴴze bád lavàn.ˈ yeš bád lavā̀nˈ ḥùm,ˈ yeš bád laván lavàn,ᴴˈ g-mríle xə̀zna.ˈ BA: xə́zna hè,ˈ IZ: ᴴlávan laván zeᴴ xə̀zna,ˈ BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnaxònᴴ,ˈ IZ: čap̣òn,ˈ ᴴze yotér ʿavè,ˈ ve-yotér ḥùm,ˈ yotér bèj.ˈ ʾatá mevìn?ᴴˈ OA: ᴴmi-má, mi-kutná hayú ʿosím ʾet ha-badìm?ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴmi-kutnàˈ ha-kól mi-kutnà,ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ bàbi,ˈ g-er mà-ʾozax?ˈ mə́rri má, bàbo,ˈ ʾáxnan lát-lan ᴴbreràᴴˈ lát-lan mà-ʾozàx,ˈ majbúr wáxni yawàxlu.ˈ ʾánya šulxàe-lu,ˈ má-k-yan má-ʾiz go dányaˈ ᴴnyár,ᴴ kaġáte,ˈ dəd má kaġáte là-k-yax.ˈ hállu ḥàqqu.ˈ šud ʾàzi,ˈ ʾakan-lá yawàxlu,ˈ BA: p-qaṭlìlan,ˈ IZ: b-ási b-ḥámli qamáe déni u-b-xá-dùka,ˈ máqṭili gyánu rèšan.ˈ g-éri ṭróṣa g-ə̀mret.ˈ g-er mésiˈ sòba,ˈ qam-matwə́nne u-kə́lle u-kə́lle u-kə́lle dí dí dí dì.ˈ sóba - ṭḷáha dináre pálge qam-zonə́nne ʾána mbər bèhnaˈ [bəd dèhna.ˈ] qam-mesə̀nne,ˈ g-ér sóba xḷə́ṣḷe mə́ndi xḷə̀ṣḷe,ˈ ṭḷáha dináre pálge zə̀llu.ˈ g-ér ʾázi ʾàzi,ˈ qorbán-iláha, b-yàwel,ˈ xázax ma hàrˈ - xá-məndi ʾísen go dáy de č̣àṇṭa.ˈ BA: hè,ˈ IZ: ṭḷáha dináre u-pálge zə̀llu,ˈ wáy wáy wáy,ˈ xápča bábi qḥə̀rre,ˈ qə̀mlē,ˈ ḥaji-ʾàḥmad g-ér ṭàleˈ ṣàleḥ,ˈ là-zadʾét,ˈ là qaḥrə́t,ˈ mən xsə́roxˈ - ʾána b-yahwə̀nnox.ˈ ʾáni-ši dʾə̀ru,ˈ xzéliˈ,ˈ xzélu xá-məndi ᴴlò beséder.ᴴˈ g-əmrí-le hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšox hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšed yalúnke dèni,ˈ šqúlla ʾe čànṭa,ˈ nàbəlla,ˈ mən mátta kiʾáxni də[d] xsúrrox ʾə̀mman.ˈ ᴴʾaválᴴ lá k-šoqáxla ʾəl-gyànan,ˈ lá k-šoqàx-la,ˈ ᴴyeraḥem ha-šemᴴ, xudé,ˈ xudé be ʾagàha,ˈ ʾiláha k-íʾe ʾáwa wéle reš-ʾèni.ˈ ᴴtòvᴴ.ˈ qə́mle-séle ᴴbáʿal ha-bàyitᴴ,ˈ máre-bèsa,ˈ g-émer qùˈ šqúlu-la gyanòxun,ˈ sáun kóšun sòrya.ˈ qam ṃàya,ˈ ṃáya-rùwwe.ˈ ṃáya-rúwwe k-íyat mà-ylu?ˈ BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnahàr gadòl,ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴnahár gadòl.ˈ ʾéfo še-yoréd nahár gadòl.ᴴ sáun qam-ṃáya sòrya,ˈ bé măḥámad ʿàli,ˈ ᴴʾéyze mótek ben-ʾadám hayà,ᴴˈ wáy wáy wày,ˈ ᴴhayàᴴ,ˈ ʾə́swa-le xa báxta g-əmríwala ḥalìbe,ˈ [laugher] ᴴhaytá méta ʿalày,ˈ haytá rokédet kše-hayíti magìaʿ,ˈ láma hayíti maṣḥík ʾotà.ˈ hayíti mesapér lahèmᴴ,ˈ maḥkə́nwalu ḥokkòsa,ˈ bəd kùrdi,ˈ u-lá-k-iʾìluwa,ˈ u-ʾáni-g-paqʾíwa mən-gə̀xka.ˈ sélan kəslòhun,ˈ g-émer ʾána g-manə̀nnu,ˈ mə́rri mnìlu.ˈ qam-manàxlu,ˈ ksúli mléle ksùli,ˈ mpə́qluˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ tré ʾálpe u-qəṣùr,ˈ banqanòt.ˈ g-ér tré ʾálpe u-qəṣúr kmá hìlu?ˈ mə́rri ʾe tré ʾàlpe,ˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ g-òzi,ˈ ʾárbi - ʾárbi u-tré diṇàre.ˈ má[at] b-imàra?!ˈ mə́rrile bā̀bo,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾásqad híla banqnót go zàxo.ˈ mən ʾásqad b-ʾásqad darə̀tteˈ péši ʾárbi u-trè,ˈ BA: ʾó-wealaˈ ʾó-weale páre də́dˈ tùrkiya wéale?ˈ IZ: tŭ̀rkiya,ˈ banqanót g-əmríwale qamàe,ˈ xaráe pə́šle lìra.ˈ BA: hè,ˈ IZ: ʾána húllan ṭḷáha dináre u-pàlge.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾáxxa ʾárbi u-trè dináre.ˈ BA: k-sÉ™Ì€blan.ˈ IZ: ksába - ksába ᴴgadòlᴴ wéla,ˈ mạ́ṭo b-ʿéši šóʾa-asar-yalùnke?ˈ BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ IZ: tré baxtàsa,ˈ ʾu-kḗlu ʾàrxe?ˈ BA: ᴴkól ha-kavòd,ᴴˈ IZ: ʾárxe dəd k-ése mən gundə́kat, k-ése kəslèni ʾéka b-àzi?ˈ BA: hé hé ᴴbètaḥ.ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ IZ: ʾána xḷə̀sli?ˈ ᴴ tòv,ˈ le-ḥayèxaᴴˈ BA: ᴴli-briʾùtᴴˈ <span class=aramaic>IZ: ᴴʾazᴴ ʾó ᴴməsḥárᴴ wèle,ˈ BA: wa-ʾáhet g-ezə́twa məd bàbox?ˈ IZ: bằle,ˈ ʾána ᴴʿozérᴴ díde wèli u-ʾána káteb wèli,ˈ kaswə̀nwa ši.ˈ BA: hé hè,ˈ IZ: g-emə́rwa-li ʾanya-kmá ʾúzlu? g-ə́mri ʾúzlu ʾàsqadda.ˈ ksú šə́mmed ʾáḥmad bər ḥàsan,ˈ ʾásqad šqèlleˈ ʾásqad hŭ̀lleˈ ʾásqad pà[y]eš.ˈ ʾóha ᴴdáfᴴˈ ʾóha ʾé waráqa dìde híla.ˈ xá-yoma mṭélan ʾəl xa-mása g-əmríla məšàra.ˈ məšàra,ˈ ʾánya lá-g-loši šála-šapə̀qsa,ˈ ʾánya g-lóši,ˈ fəstànaˈ u-sáko rèša.ˈ múx ᴴsaʿùdim.ᴴˈ kafíyya ʿagála.ˈ mṭélan tàma,ˈ wáʿad gùbta-le.ˈ má-yle wáʿad gùbta?ˈ báhar hìle,ˈ ᴴbáhar zé ʾavív.ᴴˈ wáʿad báhar hìle,ˈ sélan táma g-ə́mri ʾèh!ˈ bárux há-bbaˈ go ʾènan sèlox!ˈ xálwa déniˈ kúlle lá-k-iyax má-ʾozàx-be,ˈ ʾísen ràba xálwa,ˈ hawa šqòl,ˈ kmád šqúllox ʾoz gúbta ta gyànox,ˈ xaráe b-óx xešbòna,ˈ haə́llox xá-məndi hàllan,ˈ la-haə́llox mà-b-ozax.ˈ ʾáni mad-wèluˈ be-ʿàqel,ˈ lá g-ezíwa ʾəl záxo nablíwale ᴴsḥoráᴴ dóhun b-zabnìwala,ˈ lá-k-yʾewa záxo ʾèka-la,ˈ gúlle múne b-rèšu,ˈ BA: g-ḥamlíwa hivitòxun,ˈ hèˈ IZ: hádxa wéla màsʾale.ˈ ᴴtòv,ᴴˈ drélan táma gùbta,ˈ pə́šla ʿaṣə̀rta,ˈ sélu tré nafàre.ˈ tré náše sèlū,ˈ g-ə́mri ʾísen àxxā,ˈ tàžer?ˈ tìjjar,ˈ gə-mzáben ᴴbaddìm?ᴴˈ g-ə́mri hè.ˈ g-er-šmèʾlan,ˈ sélan túsane məd-tùsane,ˈ g-ə́mri wéle go məšàra.ˈ sélan áxxa go məšàra,ˈ šméʾlan d-wéle àxxa,ˈ ᴴtòv,ˈ - le-ḥàyimᴴˈ BA: ᴴle-ḥàyim li-briʾùtᴴˈ IZ: qáy-la šàtyat?ˈ ʾèhaˈ štéla hádxa hedí hedì,ˈ BA: lá, lá-k-šatyan ᴴbìra,ᴴˈ BA: ᴴnoráᴴ basə́mta-la àxxa,ˈ IZ: ᴴbárux ha-ššèmᴴˈ BA: ᴴgan-ʿèden,ᴴˈ IZ: wáḷḷa má ʾamrànnax,ˈ xúškámə̆́ne,ˈ - k-íyat mà-yle xúškamə̆̀ne?ˈ BA: lÃ ,ˈ IZ: xÃ¡si á´´ha-yqarÃ á´´ˈ BA: ᴴʾàˈ yafèᴴˈ IZ: ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ ma ʾamrə́nnax xúškamə̀ne,ˈ g-ə́mri ṭàle¬̄ˈ húzaya, g-er mà,ˈ g-er ʾàxnan,ˈ qačàxe-wáx.ˈ ᴴmá-zeᴴ qačàxe?ˈ BA: ᴴmetavxìm,ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴšodedìm,ᴴˈ BA: qàččax?ˈ là dàmed,ˈ IZ: qáčaxe,ˈ qằčaxˈ BA: qằčax,ˈ IZ: ᴴšodedìm!ᴴˈ BA: ᴴšodedìmᴴˈ IZ: ᴴʾanàḥnu,ᴴˈ qačáxe wàxni,ˈ sélan mən-ʾál ṭayàʾa ʾál turkìya,ˈ mən dukáne kurdistán bəd turkìya.ˈ wal ʾùzlan,ˈ gnùlanˈ pàre,ˈ ʾúzlan ᴴšòd.ᴴˈ ma g-əmrì-la?ˈ nahìbe,ˈ nhə̀blan.ˈ BA: nahìbe,ˈ nhə́blan pàre,ˈ IZ: nhə́blan xá dùka,ˈ šqə́lan mád ʾə́swa-lu kúllu qam-daryáxlu go-dé č̣ànṭa.ˈ č̣ánṭa ṃḷèla kaġàte.ˈ lá-k-iʾax kma ʾís àxxa.ˈ ʾé č̣ánṭa šqúlla ṭàlox.ˈ hállan ᴴbadìm,ᴴˈ ṭàli,ˈ u-ta-bràti,ˈ u-ta-bàxtī,ˈ u-ta-bràti-xet,ˈ u-ta-bràte-xet,ˈ ᴴʾotó davàr,ᴴˈ ʾápo-ta-dóha-ši hàllē,ˈ ta-báxte u-ta-bràte,ˈ kúlla g-əbàxni,ˈ č̣āp̣òn.ˈ ᴴʾèn,ˈ lóᴴ čìti, ᴴló praḥìm,ˈ ló klùm,ᴴˈ ʾánya là-g-loší,ˈ g-lóši bás-taˈ sátri gyànu,ˈ č̣ap̣òn.ˈ OA: ᴴmá-zeᴴ čapòn?ˈ IZ: čap̣òn ᴴze bád lavàn.ˈ yeš bád lavā̀nˈ ḥùm,ˈ yeš bád laván lavàn,ᴴˈ g-mríle xə̀zna.ˈ BA: xə́zna hè,ˈ IZ: ᴴlávan laván zeᴴ xə̀zna,ˈ BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnaxònᴴ,ˈ IZ: čap̣òn,ˈ ᴴze yotér ʿavè,ˈ ve-yotér ḥùm,ˈ yotér bèj.ˈ ʾatá mevìn?ᴴˈ OA: ᴴmi-má, mi-kutná hayú ʿosím ʾet ha-badìm?ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴmi-kutnàˈ ha-kól mi-kutnà,ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ bàbi,ˈ g-er mà-ʾozax?ˈ mə́rri má, bàbo,ˈ ʾáxnan lát-lan ᴴbreràᴴˈ lát-lan mà-ʾozàx,ˈ majbúr wáxni yawàxlu.ˈ ʾánya šulxàe-lu,ˈ má-k-yan má-ʾiz go dányaˈ ᴴnyár,ᴴ kaġáte,ˈ dəd má kaġáte là-k-yax.ˈ hállu ḥàqqu.ˈ šud ʾàzi,ˈ ʾakan-lá yawàxlu,ˈ BA: p-qaṭlìlan,ˈ IZ: b-ási b-ḥámli qamáe déni u-b-xá-dùka,ˈ máqṭili gyánu rèšan.ˈ g-éri ṭróṣa g-ə̀mret.ˈ g-er mésiˈ sòba,ˈ qam-matwə́nne u-kə́lle u-kə́lle u-kə́lle dí dí dí dì.ˈ sóba - ṭḷáha dináre pálge qam-zonə́nne ʾána mbər bèhnaˈ [bəd dèhna.ˈ] qam-mesə̀nne,ˈ g-ér sóba xḷə́ṣḷe mə́ndi xḷə̀ṣḷe,ˈ ṭḷáha dináre pálge zə̀llu.ˈ g-ér ʾázi ʾàzi,ˈ qorbán-iláha, b-yàwel,ˈ xázax ma hàrˈ - xá-məndi ʾísen go dáy de č̣àṇṭa.ˈ BA: hè,ˈ IZ: ṭḷáha dináre u-pálge zə̀llu,ˈ wáy wáy wáy,ˈ xápča bábi qḥə̀rre,ˈ qə̀mlē,ˈ ḥaji-ʾàḥmad g-ér ṭàleˈ ṣàleḥ,ˈ là-zadʾét,ˈ là qaḥrə́t,ˈ mən xsə́roxˈ - ʾána b-yahwə̀nnox.ˈ ʾáni-ši dʾə̀ru,ˈ xzéliˈ,ˈ xzélu xá-məndi ᴴlò beséder.ᴴˈ g-əmrí-le hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšox hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšed yalúnke dèni,ˈ šqúlla ʾe čànṭa,ˈ nàbəlla,ˈ mən mátta kiʾáxni də[d] xsúrrox ʾə̀mman.ˈ ᴴʾaválᴴ lá k-šoqáxla ʾəl-gyànan,ˈ lá k-šoqàx-la,ˈ ᴴyeraḥem ha-šemᴴ, xudé,ˈ xudé be ʾagàha,ˈ ʾiláha k-íʾe ʾáwa wéle reš-ʾèni.ˈ ᴴtòvᴴ.ˈ qə́mle-séle ᴴbáʿal ha-bàyitᴴ,ˈ máre-bèsa,ˈ g-émer qùˈ šqúlu-la gyanòxun,ˈ sáun kóšun sòrya.ˈ qam ṃàya,ˈ ṃáya-rùwwe.ˈ ṃáya-rúwwe k-íyat mà-ylu?ˈ BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnahàr gadòl,ᴴˈ IZ: ᴴnahár gadòl.ˈ ʾéfo še-yoréd nahár gadòl.ᴴ sáun qam-ṃáya sòrya,ˈ bé măḥámad ʿàli,ˈ ᴴʾéyze mótek ben-ʾadám hayà,ᴴˈ wáy wáy wày,ˈ ᴴhayàᴴ,ˈ ʾə́swa-le xa báxta g-əmríwala ḥalìbe,ˈ [laugher] ᴴhaytá méta ʿalày,ˈ haytá rokédet kše-hayíti magìaʿ,ˈ láma hayíti maṣḥík ʾotà.ˈ hayíti mesapér lahèmᴴ,ˈ maḥkə́nwalu ḥokkòsa,ˈ bəd kùrdi,ˈ u-lá-k-iʾìluwa,ˈ u-ʾáni-g-paqʾíwa mən-gə̀xka.ˈ sélan kəslòhun,ˈ g-émer ʾána g-manə̀nnu,ˈ mə́rri mnìlu.ˈ qam-manàxlu,ˈ ksúli mléle ksùli,ˈ mpə́qluˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ tré ʾálpe u-qəṣùr,ˈ banqanòt.ˈ g-ér tré ʾálpe u-qəṣúr kmá hìlu?ˈ mə́rri ʾe tré ʾàlpe,ˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ g-òzi,ˈ ʾárbi - ʾárbi u-tré diṇàre.ˈ má[at] b-imàra?!ˈ mə́rrile bā̀bo,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾásqad híla banqnót go zàxo.ˈ mən ʾásqad b-ʾásqad darə̀tteˈ péši ʾárbi u-trè,ˈ BA: ʾó-wealaˈ ʾó-weale páre də́dˈ tùrkiya wéale?ˈ IZ: tŭ̀rkiya,ˈ banqanót g-əmríwale qamàe,ˈ xaráe pə́šle lìra.ˈ BA: hè,ˈ IZ: ʾána húllan ṭḷáha dináre u-pàlge.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾáxxa ʾárbi u-trè dináre.ˈ BA: k-sÉ™Ì€blan.ˈ IZ: ksába - ksába ᴴgadòlᴴ wéla,ˈ mạ́ṭo b-ʿéši šóʾa-asar-yalùnke?ˈ BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ IZ: tré baxtàsa,ˈ ʾu-kḗlu ʾàrxe?ˈ BA: ᴴkól ha-kavòd,ᴴˈ IZ: ʾárxe dəd k-ése mən gundə́kat, k-ése kəslèni ʾéka b-àzi?ˈ BA: hé hé ᴴbètaḥ.ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ IZ: ʾána xḷə̀sli?ˈ ᴴ tòv,ˈ le-ḥayèxaᴴˈ BA: ᴴli-briʾùtᴴˈ	IZ: So that [is how] commerce was, BA: And you were going [along] with your father? IZ: Of course, I was his helper and I was the scribe [bookkeeper], I also used to write. BA: Yes, yes, IZ: He used to tell me 'Those [people], how much did they do?' 'They say they have done so and so.' 'Write down the name of Aḥmad son of Ḥasan, so and so [merchandise] he took, so and so [money] he gave, so and so remains [to be paid]'. This page, this piece of paper is his. One day we arrived at a certain village named [lit. they say (to) it] MÉ™Å¡ara. [The people of] MÉ™Å¡ara, they [lit. those] do not wear Å ala [and] Å pÉ™qsa, they [lit. those] wear, a [full length] gown and a jacket above it. Like the Saudis. Kafiyya [and] Agalla. We have arrived there, it is WaÊ¿ad Gubta [=The Time of Cheese]. What is Waʿad Gubta? It is [in the] spring, bahar is spring. It is the time of spring, we came there they say 'Ah! Welcome welcome! [lit. you came into our eyes] ! All of our milk - we don't know what we shall do with it. There is a lot of milk, go ahead take [some], as much as you take make [out of it] cheese for yourself, afterwards we shall do the account. [If] you have anything give us, [if] you do not have what can we do. Those [people] - so mindless were they, they would not go to Zakho taking their merchandise [in order to] sell it. They do not know where is Zakho, slime soiled their head [contemptuous curse]. BA: They would wait for you [to come], yes, IZ: This was the story. Good, we put the cheese there, evening had come, two persons came. Two people came, they say 'Is there a merchant here? A merchant [that] sells cloths?' They say 'Yes'. He says 'We have heard, we came [through] mountain trails [?, should be dos sarre], they say he is in Məshara. We have come here to Məshara we heard he that he was here.' Well, Le-Hayyim [=Cheers. IZ drinks] BA: Le-Hayyim! To your Health! IZ: Why don't you drink? Drink this like that, slowly slowly, BA: No, I don't drink beer. BA: It is so pleasant here, IZ: Thank God, BA: Garden of Eden! IZ: Well, what shall I tell you xuÅ¡kamÉ™Ì†ne, do you know what is xuÅ¡kamÉ™Ì†ne? BA: No, IZ: My dear sister, BA: Oh, nice, IZ: Yes, what shall I tell you xuškamə̆ne, they tell him 'Jew,' he says 'What?', he says 'We are qačaxe,' What is qačaxe? BA: Middlemen, IZ: Bandits. BA: qačax? No, when... IZ: qačaxe, qačax BA: qačax, IZ: Bandits! BA: Bandits, IZ: 'We are bandits, we have come from Tayaʾa, from Turkey [lit. from the side of Tayaʾa, the side of Turkey], from the places of Kurdistan in Turkey [=the Kurdish areas of Turkey]. Indeed we have done, we have robbed [some] money, we made a robbery'. - How is it called [lit. what they say to it]? nahibe, robbery, we robbed'. BA: Robbery, we robbed [some] money, IZ: 'We have robbed a [certain] place, we took what they had, we put all of it in that bag. The bag was filled with papers [=banknotes]. We do not know how much is here. That bag, take it for yourself. Give cloths to us, for me, and for my daughter, and for my wife, and for my other daughter, and for his other daughter, the same, also for him [lit. that MS] give, for his wife and for his daughter, we want all of it [to be] č̣ap̣òn'. None, no čiti [=light painted or printed cotton cloth ], no flowers, no nothing. Those [people] do not wear [these cloths], they dress only in order to [decently] cover themselves, čapòn. OA: What is čapòn? IZ: čapòn is white cloth. There is brown white cloth, [and] there is white white cloth, called [lit. they say to it] xəzna. BA: xÉ™zna, yes, IZ: White white [cloth] is xÉ™zna. BA: Yes, true, IZ: čapòn, that's thicker, and more brown, more beige. Do you understand? OA: From what [is it made]? They would make it out of cotton? IZ: Out of cotton, every thing out of cotton, yes. My father says 'What shall we do?' I said 'What [do you mean], father, we do not have a choice. We cannot do anything [lit. we do not have anything to do]. We must to give them [whatever they want]. They are naked. We do not know [lit. what do we know] what is there in those paper[s]. We do not know how much those papers are worth [lit. papers, of what papers we do not know]. Comply with their demands [lit. give them their rightful price], [in order that] they should leave. If we do not give them, BA: They would kill you, IZ: They will come [and] wait in front of us and in one place they will execute their murderousness upon us [lit. kill themselves upon us]. He tells me 'Indeed you speak truth', he says 'Bring a bolt of fabric'. I placed [lit. seated] [the bolt], and he measured and measured and measured so [and] so [and] so [and] so. The bolt - I bought it myself for three and a half Dinars, by credit. I brought it, he says 'The bolt is finished, the thing is finished, three and a half Dinars were wasted [lit. went away]'. He says 'Let them [the Dinars] go away, let them go away, God [lit. (may I be the) sacrifice of God] will give [=provide]. We shall see what, in any case there must be something in that [lit. that this] bag. BA: Yes, IZ: Three Dinars and a half were lost [lit. went away], oh boy! My father became a little sad. Ḥaji Aḥmad rose [and] said [lit. says] to him: 'Saleḥ, do not fear, do not be sorry, if you have lost anything [lit. from what you missed] - I will pay you back'. They also [the villagers]. They came back, they saw something [was] not right. They tell him: 'Jew, by your head Jew, by the head of our children, take this bag, take it away, from now [on] we know you have lost [money] with us [=in our village]. But we will not leave it [the injustice done to you] upon ourselves, we will not leave it [=we will make sure you will receive compensation]. God will have mercy [Heb.], God will have mercy [Kurmanji]. God knows, He is before [lit. above/on] our eyes'. Good. The landlord came, the owner of the house, he says: 'Go ahead, take yourself, go [lit. come] [and] descend [toward] Sorya [Syria?]. Near the water, the Great Water [=beside the route of the river]'. Do you know what is the Great Water? BA: Yes, the Great River, IZ: The Great River. Where a great river [or: the Great River] flows down. 'Go [lit. come] near the water [or: by the water's route] of Sorya [Syria?], to the house of Moḥammad ʿAli. What a dear man he was, Oh boy! He had a wife, her name was [lit. they call her] Ḥalibe. She loved me! She used to dance whenever I arrived, because I used to make her laugh. I used to tell them, I used to tell them stories, in Kurdish, and I did not know [that language well], and they would burst out laughing [lit. out of laughter]. We arrived at them [=their house]. He [father] says: 'I shall count them' I said 'Count them'. We counted them, I wrote [down], he counted, I wrote [down], they came out [=the sum was], approximately two thousand and [some] change, banknotes. He says: 'Two thousand and [some] change how much are they?' I said: 'These two thousand, more or less make [=worth] forty, forty two Dinars'. 'What are you saying?!' I said to him: 'Dad, that is what it is. Such is [the value] of banknotes in Zakho. [If] you put [=convert] this [amount] into this, it becomes forty two. BA: This was money of Turkey? IZ: Turkey, banqanot they used to call it before, afterward it became Lira. BA: Yes, IZ: I, we gave [=spend] three and a half Dinars. We have here forty two Dinars. BA: We made a good profit. IZ: [The] profit - was a large profit. How can one feed seventeen children? BA: True, IZ: Two wives, and what about [lit. where are] the guests? BA: Well done! IZ: Guests who come from the villages, they come to [stay with] us, where would they go? BA: Yes yes sure. Yes. IZ: Did I finish? Good, cheers [lit. to your life]! BA: To [your good] health

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(0:00)<span class=aramaic>IZ: ᴴʾazᴴ ʾó ᴴməsḥárᴴ wèle,ˈ 
BA: wa-ʾáhet g-ezə́twa məd bàbox?ˈ 
IZ: bằle,ˈ ʾána ᴴʿozérᴴ díde wèli u-ʾána káteb wèli,ˈ kaswə̀nwa ši.ˈ 
BA: hé hè,ˈ 
IZ: g-emə́rwa-li ʾanya-kmá ʾúzlu? g-ə́mri ʾúzlu ʾàsqadda.ˈ ksú šə́mmed ʾáḥmad bər ḥàsan,ˈ ʾásqad šqèlleˈ ʾásqad hŭ̀lleˈ ʾásqad pà[y]eš.ˈ ʾóha ᴴdáfᴴˈ ʾóha ʾé waráqa dìde híla.ˈ
xá-yoma mṭélan ʾəl xa-mása g-əmríla məšàra.ˈ məšàra,ˈ ʾánya lá-g-loši šála-šapə̀qsa,ˈ ʾánya g-lóši,ˈ fəstànaˈ u-sáko rèša.ˈ múx ᴴsaʿùdim.ᴴˈ kafíyya ʿagála.ˈ mṭélan tàma,ˈ wáʿad gùbta-le.ˈ 
má-yle wáʿad gùbta?ˈ báhar hìle,ˈ ᴴbáhar zé ʾavív.ᴴˈ wáʿad báhar hìle,ˈ sélan táma g-ə́mri ʾèh!ˈ bárux há-bbaˈ go ʾènan sèlox!ˈ xálwa déniˈ kúlle lá-k-iyax má-ʾozàx-be,ˈ ʾísen ràba xálwa,ˈ hawa šqòl,ˈ kmád šqúllox ʾoz gúbta ta gyànox,ˈ xaráe b-óx xešbòna,ˈ haə́llox xá-məndi hàllan,ˈ la-haə́llox mà-b-ozax.ˈ 
ʾáni mad-wèluˈ be-ʿàqel,ˈ lá g-ezíwa ʾəl záxo nablíwale ᴴsḥoráᴴ dóhun b-zabnìwala,ˈ lá-k-yʾewa záxo ʾèka-la,ˈ gúlle múne b-rèšu,ˈ 
BA: g-ḥamlíwa hivitòxun,ˈ hèˈ 
IZ: hádxa wéla màsʾale.ˈ ᴴtòv,ᴴˈ drélan táma gùbta,ˈ pə́šla ʿaṣə̀rta,ˈ sélu tré nafàre.ˈ tré náše sèlū,ˈ g-ə́mri ʾísen àxxā,ˈ tàžer?ˈ tìjjar,ˈ gə-mzáben ᴴbaddìm?ᴴˈ g-ə́mri hè.ˈ g-er-šmèʾlan,ˈ sélan túsane məd-tùsane,ˈ g-ə́mri wéle go məšàra.ˈ sélan áxxa go məšàra,ˈ šméʾlan d-wéle àxxa,ˈ ᴴtòv,ˈ - le-ḥàyimᴴˈ 
BA: ᴴle-ḥàyim li-briʾùtᴴˈ 
IZ: qáy-la šàtyat?ˈ ʾèhaˈ štéla hádxa hedí hedì,ˈ 
BA: lá, lá-k-šatyan ᴴbìra,ᴴˈ 
BA: ᴴnoráᴴ basə́mta-la àxxa,ˈ 
IZ: ᴴbárux ha-ššèmᴴˈ 
BA: ᴴgan-ʿèden,ᴴˈ 
IZ: wáḷḷa má ʾamrànnax,ˈ xúškámə̆́ne,ˈ - k-íyat mà-yle xúškamə̆̀ne?ˈ 
BA: lÃ ,ˈ 
IZ: xÃ¡si á´´ha-yqarÃ á´´ˈ 
BA: ᴴʾàˈ yafèᴴˈ 
IZ: ᴴkèn,ᴴˈ ma ʾamrə́nnax xúškamə̀ne,ˈ g-ə́mri ṭàle¬̄ˈ húzaya, g-er mà,ˈ g-er ʾàxnan,ˈ qačàxe-wáx.ˈ ᴴmá-zeᴴ qačàxe?ˈ 
BA: ᴴmetavxìm,ᴴˈ 
IZ: ᴴšodedìm,ᴴˈ 
BA: qàččax?ˈ là dàmed,ˈ 
IZ: qáčaxe,ˈ qằčaxˈ 
BA: qằčax,ˈ 
IZ: ᴴšodedìm!ᴴˈ 
BA: ᴴšodedìmᴴˈ 
IZ: ᴴʾanàḥnu,ᴴˈ qačáxe wàxni,ˈ sélan mən-ʾál ṭayàʾa ʾál turkìya,ˈ mən dukáne kurdistán bəd turkìya.ˈ wal ʾùzlan,ˈ gnùlanˈ pàre,ˈ ʾúzlan ᴴšòd.ᴴˈ ma g-əmrì-la?ˈ nahìbe,ˈ nhə̀blan.ˈ 
BA: nahìbe,ˈ nhə́blan pàre,ˈ 
IZ: nhə́blan xá dùka,ˈ šqə́lan mád ʾə́swa-lu kúllu qam-daryáxlu go-dé č̣ànṭa.ˈ č̣ánṭa ṃḷèla kaġàte.ˈ lá-k-iʾax kma ʾís àxxa.ˈ ʾé č̣ánṭa šqúlla ṭàlox.ˈ hállan ᴴbadìm,ᴴˈ ṭàli,ˈ u-ta-bràti,ˈ u-ta-bàxtī,ˈ u-ta-bràti-xet,ˈ u-ta-bràte-xet,ˈ ᴴʾotó davàr,ᴴˈ ʾápo-ta-dóha-ši hàllē,ˈ ta-báxte u-ta-bràte,ˈ kúlla g-əbàxni,ˈ č̣āp̣òn.ˈ ᴴʾèn,ˈ lóᴴ čìti, ᴴló praḥìm,ˈ ló klùm,ᴴˈ ʾánya là-g-loší,ˈ g-lóši bás-taˈ sátri gyànu,ˈ č̣ap̣òn.ˈ 
OA: ᴴmá-zeᴴ čapòn?ˈ 
IZ: čap̣òn ᴴze bád lavàn.ˈ yeš bád lavā̀nˈ ḥùm,ˈ yeš bád laván lavàn,ᴴˈ g-mríle xə̀zna.ˈ 
BA: xə́zna hè,ˈ 
IZ: ᴴlávan laván zeᴴ xə̀zna,ˈ 
BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnaxònᴴ,ˈ 
IZ: čap̣òn,ˈ ᴴze yotér ʿavè,ˈ ve-yotér ḥùm,ˈ yotér bèj.ˈ ʾatá mevìn?ᴴˈ 
OA: ᴴmi-má, mi-kutná hayú ʿosím ʾet ha-badìm?ᴴˈ
IZ: ᴴmi-kutnàˈ ha-kól mi-kutnà,ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ 
bàbi,ˈ g-er mà-ʾozax?ˈ mə́rri má, bàbo,ˈ ʾáxnan lát-lan ᴴbreràᴴˈ lát-lan mà-ʾozàx,ˈ majbúr wáxni yawàxlu.ˈ ʾánya šulxàe-lu,ˈ má-k-yan má-ʾiz go dányaˈ ᴴnyár,ᴴ kaġáte,ˈ dəd má kaġáte là-k-yax.ˈ hállu ḥàqqu.ˈ šud ʾàzi,ˈ ʾakan-lá yawàxlu,ˈ 
BA: p-qaṭlìlan,ˈ 
IZ: b-ási b-ḥámli qamáe déni u-b-xá-dùka,ˈ máqṭili gyánu rèšan.ˈ g-éri ṭróṣa g-ə̀mret.ˈ g-er mésiˈ sòba,ˈ qam-matwə́nne u-kə́lle u-kə́lle u-kə́lle dí dí dí dì.ˈ sóba - ṭḷáha dináre pálge qam-zonə́nne ʾána mbər bèhnaˈ [bəd dèhna.ˈ] 
qam-mesə̀nne,ˈ g-ér sóba xḷə́ṣḷe mə́ndi xḷə̀ṣḷe,ˈ ṭḷáha dináre pálge zə̀llu.ˈ g-ér ʾázi ʾàzi,ˈ qorbán-iláha, b-yàwel,ˈ xázax ma hàrˈ - xá-məndi ʾísen go dáy de č̣àṇṭa.ˈ
BA: hè,ˈ 
IZ: ṭḷáha dináre u-pálge zə̀llu,ˈ wáy wáy wáy,ˈ xápča bábi qḥə̀rre,ˈ qə̀mlē,ˈ ḥaji-ʾàḥmad g-ér ṭàleˈ ṣàleḥ,ˈ là-zadʾét,ˈ là qaḥrə́t,ˈ mən xsə́roxˈ - ʾána b-yahwə̀nnox.ˈ 
ʾáni-ši dʾə̀ru,ˈ xzéliˈ,ˈ xzélu xá-məndi ᴴlò beséder.ᴴˈ g-əmrí-le hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšox hozàya,ˈ bxod-réšed yalúnke dèni,ˈ šqúlla ʾe čànṭa,ˈ nàbəlla,ˈ mən mátta kiʾáxni də[d] xsúrrox ʾə̀mman.ˈ ᴴʾaválᴴ lá k-šoqáxla ʾəl-gyànan,ˈ lá k-šoqàx-la,ˈ ᴴyeraḥem ha-šemᴴ, xudé,ˈ xudé be ʾagàha,ˈ ʾiláha k-íʾe ʾáwa wéle reš-ʾèni.ˈ ᴴtòvᴴ.ˈ 
qə́mle-séle ᴴbáʿal ha-bàyitᴴ,ˈ máre-bèsa,ˈ g-émer qùˈ šqúlu-la gyanòxun,ˈ sáun kóšun sòrya.ˈ qam ṃàya,ˈ ṃáya-rùwwe.ˈ ṃáya-rúwwe k-íyat mà-ylu?ˈ
BA: hè,ˈ ᴴnahàr gadòl,ᴴˈ 
IZ: ᴴnahár gadòl.ˈ ʾéfo še-yoréd nahár gadòl.ᴴ sáun qam-ṃáya sòrya,ˈ bé măḥámad ʿàli,ˈ ᴴʾéyze mótek ben-ʾadám hayà,ᴴˈ wáy wáy wày,ˈ ᴴhayàᴴ,ˈ ʾə́swa-le xa báxta g-əmríwala ḥalìbe,ˈ [laugher] ᴴhaytá méta ʿalày,ˈ haytá rokédet kše-hayíti magìaʿ,ˈ láma hayíti maṣḥík ʾotà.ˈ hayíti mesapér lahèmᴴ,ˈ maḥkə́nwalu ḥokkòsa,ˈ bəd kùrdi,ˈ u-lá-k-iʾìluwa,ˈ u-ʾáni-g-paqʾíwa mən-gə̀xka.ˈ 
sélan kəslòhun,ˈ g-émer ʾána g-manə̀nnu,ˈ mə́rri mnìlu.ˈ qam-manàxlu,ˈ ksúli mléle ksùli,ˈ mpə́qluˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ tré ʾálpe u-qəṣùr,ˈ banqanòt.ˈ g-ér tré ʾálpe u-qəṣúr kmá hìlu?ˈ mə́rri ʾe tré ʾàlpe,ˈ ᴴbe-ʿérexᴴ g-òzi,ˈ ʾárbi - ʾárbi u-tré diṇàre.ˈ má[at] b-imàra?!ˈ mə́rrile bā̀bo,ˈ ʾáya wèla.ˈ ʾásqad híla banqnót go zàxo.ˈ mən ʾásqad b-ʾásqad darə̀tteˈ péši ʾárbi u-trè,ˈ 
BA: ʾó-wealaˈ ʾó-weale páre də́dˈ tùrkiya wéale?ˈ 
IZ: tŭ̀rkiya,ˈ banqanót g-əmríwale qamàe,ˈ xaráe pə́šle lìra.ˈ 
BA: hè,ˈ 
IZ: ʾána húllan ṭḷáha dináre u-pàlge.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾáxxa ʾárbi u-trè dináre.ˈ 
BA: k-sÉ™Ì€blan.ˈ 
IZ: ksába - ksába ᴴgadòlᴴ wéla,ˈ mạ́ṭo b-ʿéši šóʾa-asar-yalùnke?ˈ 
BA: ᴴnaxòn,ᴴˈ
IZ: tré baxtàsa,ˈ ʾu-kḗlu ʾàrxe?ˈ 
BA: ᴴkól ha-kavòd,ᴴˈ 
IZ: ʾárxe dəd k-ése mən gundə́kat, k-ése kəslèni ʾéka b-àzi?ˈ 
BA: hé hé ᴴbètaḥ.ˈ kèn.ᴴˈ 
IZ: ʾána xḷə̀sli?ˈ ᴴ tòv,ˈ le-ḥayèxaᴴˈ 
BA: ᴴli-briʾùtᴴˈ

Translation:

(0:00)IZ: So that [is how] commerce was, 
BA: And you were going [along] with your father? 
IZ: Of course, I was his helper and I was the scribe [bookkeeper], I also used to write. 
BA: Yes, yes, 
IZ: He used to tell me 'Those [people], how much did they do?' 'They say they have done so and so.' 'Write down the name of Aḥmad son of Ḥasan, so and so [merchandise] he took, so and so [money] he gave, so and so remains [to be paid]'. This page, this piece of paper is his.
One day we arrived at a certain village named [lit. they say (to) it] MÉ™Å¡ara. [The people of] MÉ™Å¡ara, they [lit. those] do not wear Å ala [and] Å pÉ™qsa, they [lit. those] wear, a [full length] gown and a jacket above it. Like the Saudis. Kafiyya [and] Agalla. We have arrived there, it is WaÊ¿ad Gubta [=The Time of Cheese]. 
What is Waʿad Gubta? It is [in the] spring, bahar is spring. It is the time of spring, we came there they say 'Ah! Welcome welcome! [lit. you came into our eyes] ! All of our milk - we don't know what we shall do with it. There is a lot of milk, go ahead take [some], as much as you take make [out of it] cheese for yourself, afterwards we shall do the account. [If] you have anything give us, [if] you do not have what can we do. 
Those [people] - so mindless were they, they would not go to Zakho taking their merchandise [in order to] sell it. They do not know where is Zakho, slime soiled their head [contemptuous curse]. 
BA: They would wait for you [to come], yes, 
IZ: This was the story. Good, we put the cheese there, evening had come, two persons came. Two people came, they say 'Is there a merchant here? A merchant [that] sells cloths?' They say 'Yes'. He says 'We have heard, we came [through] mountain trails [?, should be dos sarre],  they say he is in Məshara. We have come here to Məshara we heard he that he was here.' Well, Le-Hayyim [=Cheers. IZ drinks] 
BA: Le-Hayyim! To your Health! 
IZ: Why don't you drink? Drink this like that, slowly slowly,
BA: No, I don't drink beer.
BA: It is so pleasant here, 
IZ: Thank God, 
BA: Garden of Eden!
IZ: Well, what shall I tell you xuÅ¡kamÉ™Ì†ne, do you know what is xuÅ¡kamÉ™Ì†ne? 
BA: No, 
IZ: My dear sister, 
BA: Oh, nice, 
IZ: Yes, what shall I tell you xuškamə̆ne, they tell him 'Jew,' he says 'What?', he says 'We are qačaxe,' What is qačaxe?
BA: Middlemen, 
IZ: Bandits. 
BA: qačax? No, when... 
IZ: qačaxe, qačax 
BA: qačax, 
IZ: Bandits! 
BA: Bandits, 
IZ: 'We are bandits, we have come from Tayaʾa, from Turkey [lit. from the side of Tayaʾa, the side of Turkey], from the places of Kurdistan in Turkey [=the Kurdish areas of Turkey]. Indeed we have done, we have robbed [some] money, we made a robbery'. - How is it called [lit. what they say to it]? nahibe, robbery, we robbed'. 
BA: Robbery, we robbed [some] money, 
IZ: 'We have robbed a [certain] place, we took what they had, we put all of it in that bag. The bag was filled with papers [=banknotes]. We do not know how much is here. That bag, take it for yourself. Give cloths to us, for me, and for my daughter, and for my wife, and for my other daughter, and for his other daughter, the same, also for him [lit. that MS] give, for his wife and for his daughter, we want all of it [to be] č̣ap̣òn'. None, no čiti [=light painted or printed cotton cloth ], no flowers, no nothing. Those [people] do not wear [these cloths], they dress only in order to [decently] cover themselves, čapòn. 
OA: What is čapòn? 
IZ: čapòn is white cloth. There is brown white cloth, [and] there is white white cloth, called [lit. they say to it] xəzna. 
BA: xÉ™zna, yes, 
IZ: White white [cloth] is xÉ™zna. 
BA: Yes, true, 
IZ: čapòn, that's thicker, and more brown, more beige. Do you understand? 
OA: From what [is it made]? They would make it out of cotton? 
IZ: Out of cotton, every thing out of cotton, yes.
My father says 'What shall we do?' I said 'What [do you mean], father, we do not have a choice. We cannot do anything [lit. we do not have anything to do]. We must to give them [whatever they want]. They are naked.  We do not know [lit. what do we know] what is there in those paper[s]. We do not know how much those papers are worth [lit. papers, of what papers we do not know]. Comply with their demands [lit. give them their rightful price], [in order that] they should leave. If we do not give them, 
BA: They would kill you, 
IZ: They will come [and] wait in front of us and in one place they will execute their murderousness upon us [lit. kill themselves upon us].  He tells me 'Indeed you speak truth', he says 'Bring a bolt of fabric'. I placed [lit. seated] [the bolt], and he measured and measured and measured so [and] so [and] so [and] so. The bolt - I bought it myself for three and a half Dinars, by credit.
I brought it, he says 'The bolt is finished, the thing is finished, three and a half Dinars were wasted [lit. went away]'. He says 'Let them [the Dinars] go away, let them go away, God [lit. (may I be the) sacrifice of God] will give [=provide]. We shall see what, in any case there must be something in that [lit. that this] bag.
BA: Yes,
IZ: Three Dinars and a half were lost [lit. went away], oh boy! My father became a little sad. Ḥaji Aḥmad rose [and] said [lit. says] to him: 'Saleḥ, do not fear, do not be sorry, if you have lost anything [lit. from what you missed] - I will pay you back'.
They also [the villagers]. They came back, they saw something [was] not right. They tell him: 'Jew, by your head Jew, by the head of our children, take this bag, take it away, from now [on] we know you have lost [money] with us [=in our village]. But we will not leave it [the injustice done to you] upon ourselves, we will not leave it [=we will make sure you will receive compensation]. God will have mercy [Heb.], God will have mercy [Kurmanji]. God knows, He is before [lit. above/on] our eyes'. Good.
The landlord came, the owner of the house, he says: 'Go ahead, take yourself, go [lit. come] [and] descend [toward] Sorya [Syria?]. Near the water, the Great Water [=beside the route of the river]'. Do you know what is the Great Water? 
BA: Yes, the Great River,
IZ: The Great River. Where a great river [or: the Great River] flows down. 'Go [lit. come] near the water [or: by the water's route] of Sorya [Syria?], to the house of Moḥammad ʿAli. What a dear man he was, Oh boy! He had a wife, her name was [lit. they call her] Ḥalibe. She loved me! She used to dance whenever I arrived, because I used to make her laugh. I used to tell them, I used to tell them stories, in Kurdish, and I did not know [that language well], and they would burst out laughing [lit. out of laughter].
We arrived at them [=their house]. He [father] says: 'I shall count them' I said 'Count them'. We counted them, I wrote [down], he counted, I wrote [down], they came out [=the sum was], approximately two thousand and [some] change, banknotes. He says: 'Two thousand and [some] change how much are they?' I said: 'These two thousand, more or less make [=worth] forty, forty two Dinars'. 'What are you saying?!' I said to him: 'Dad, that is what it is. Such is [the value] of banknotes in Zakho. [If] you put [=convert] this [amount] into this, it becomes forty two. 
BA: This was money of Turkey?
IZ: Turkey, banqanot they used to call it before, afterward it became Lira.
BA: Yes,
IZ: I, we gave [=spend] three and a half Dinars. We have here forty two Dinars.
BA: We made a good profit.
IZ: [The] profit - was a large profit. How can one feed seventeen children?
BA: True,
IZ: Two wives, and what about [lit. where are] the guests?
BA: Well done!
IZ: Guests who come from the villages, they come to [stay with] us, where would they go?
BA: Yes yes sure. Yes.
IZ: Did I finish? Good, cheers [lit. to your life]!
BA: To [your good] health