Urmi, Christian: Events in 1946 on the Urmi Plain

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi. 4 vols. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 86. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2016, vol. 4	Yulia Davudi	Sydney, AU

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0:00	ʾána hamzúməvan bàzətˈ šítət ʾárp̂i ʾə̀štaˈ ɟu-matət ⁺Hàssarˈ ⁺Babà-čanɟa.ˈ ʾə́ttən mátət ⁺Hássar꞊ila ɟùˈ ⁺Sèrə,ˈ ʾáy là,ˈ ʾína ⁺Hassar ⁺Babà-čanɟa b-⁺arallə́ġġət matvàtə xínəla,ˈ Čamacìyya,ˈ ⁺ʾÀda,ˈ ⁺Mùšava,ˈ K̭arajàlu,ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺tàmelaˈ b-è-ducta.ˈ ʾíta ʾána ʾìvanˈ ⁺ʾə́č̭č̭a šə̀nnə ʾətváliˈ ʾùˈ tílun nàšəˈ məššəlmànəˈ ʾu-yuvvə́llun tup̂p̂ánɟə k̭a-màta.ˈ mən-⁺bàrˈ xa-⁺ʾəsrìˈ yumánə tílun tup̂p̂ánɟə šk̭ilèlun,ˈ ʾáx꞊t ʾána bətxárən k̭am-⁺ʾàynila.ˈ ʾu-bábi léva ⁺bəddá k̭at-tup̂p̂ánɟə ⁺jammuyèna.ˈ ʾáxči ⁺mṱílun b-rìšuˈ ʾu-tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlun.ˈ tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlunˈ ʾùˈ ⁺tapànčaˈ ʾətvàləˈ súrṱa ⁺tapànča.ˈ šk̭ilálun ʾày꞊da mə́nnu.ˈ ʾu-⁺pulə̀ṱlunˈ váddar lubə̀llunˈ ɟu-dé mátət ⁺Babà-čanɟa,ˈ sằbabˈ mən-k̭am-⁺dána bàbiˈ k̭a-bné ⁺Babá-čanɟa məššəlmánə xùmyəva.ˈ léva švík̭a k̭urdáyə … ⁺zùllum ʾodíva,ˈ ⁺zlùmya ʾodívaˈ šak̭lìva məndiyyé.ˈ bəxšávəva ⁺xuyravàtuna.ˈ ʾína hár b-dè ⁺dánaˈ məššəlmànəˈ ⁺xayən ⁺plə́ṱlun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ lubə̀llunˈ ʾu-cúllə məndíyyət dìyyan šk̭ə́llun.ˈ sə̀tvəva.ˈ táza čirìyyəva.ˈ cúllə mə̀ndi šk̭ə́llunˈ ʾáxči xzùyrət díyyan dəryélun ɟu-tanùyra.ˈ bak̭ìyyaˈ məndìyyanˈ cùllə lubə́llun.ˈ xá-yarxa víyyəna mə̀ndi bəɟrášaˈ mən mátət ⁺Hàssar.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ɟu-matət məššəlmànəxva.ˈ ⁺táma bábi pulə̀ṱlunˈ ⁺ʾal-tàrra.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ xuš-mé trəmmá ⁺tuymánə zùyzə,ˈ ⁺ɟórax lè ⁺k̭aṱlàxlə.ˈ ʾu-yə́mmi xə̀šlaˈ ɟu-mátət ⁺hošárə məššəlmànəˈ lè-ʾamsava mačxáva xa-náša trəmmá ⁺tuymánə yavvə̀lvala.ˈ ⁺šudràlunˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾàna šk̭ə́lliˈ ʾaxúni xáti mənnè,ˈ mən-⁺bárabar bàbiˈ xə̀šliˈ ɟu-tàlɟa.ˈ yə́mmi tìlaˈ ʾu-bàbi mə́rrə k̭atéˈ ⁺bəddáyən ⁺k̭aṱlìtunli.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlunli jáldə k̭at-là ⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ ⁺ṱlə́blə ⁺p̂àp̂rusˈ yuvvə́llun xa-dána ⁺p̂àp̂rus.ˈ ɟrišàlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾádi mxìmunli.ˈ lé-⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ sắbab ⁺xuyravàtuva cúllə,ˈ cúllə ʾət-màtəva,ˈ ʾət-matvàtə,ˈ švàvəva cúllə.ˈ mə́rrə mxìmunli.ˈ ʾe-⁺dána yə̀mmi tíla.ˈ ⁺šuríla č̭arč̭ùrəˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšoˈ lá ⁺k̭ṱúlunlə ⁺ɟòri.ˈ yálə súrə sùrə ʾə́tli.ˈ ʾu-⁺ruppéla yálə súrə k̭amaytèˈ ʾu-b-⁺ràpsaˈ mxílun ɟu-cìsətˈ xáti tre šə̀nnəˈ ʾu-ʾaxúni ⁺ʾarp̂à šə́nnə.ˈ mə̀tlun.ˈ ʾu-k̭a-bàbiˈ mxílun m-àxxu,ˈ npə̀llə.ˈ ʾu-tə́vlun ⁺ʾàlˈ suysavàtəˈ xə̀šlun.ˈ bás ʾáxnan pə́šlan ⁺tàma,ˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšanˈ ʾu-šk̭ála də̀mmaˈ ⁺bəššaya ɟu-rìšanˈ yə́mmi č̭arč̭ùrə,ˈ ʾàxnan,ˈ ʾína bábi ⁺hàlaˈ nàpas bəšk̭áləva.ˈ har-b-dé-⁺danta xá-dana sùysə tílə.ˈ súysə tìlə,ˈ yə́mmi ⁺rxəṱla ɟáno ⁺ruppàlaˈ mə̀rraˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlun k̭a-dìyyi꞊da.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlunli.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta ʾó-naša ɟánu ⁺ruppálə ʾə̀ltəxˈ lá švə̀k̭ləˈ sùysəˈ k̭a-yə́mmi ⁺marə̀č̭vaˈ dā̀šva.ˈ bas-⁺slìləˈ nášə xínə məššəlmànə mə́rrunˈ k̭u-ta-⁺vúr ⁺čày ští.ˈ ⁺ʾàvva mə́rrə,ˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta,ˈ ⁺suvvə̀rrə.ˈ mə́rrə lè-⁺bayyen ⁺čayóxun šatə́nnə.ˈ ʾáha cə́lpat lá švík̭o b-dá jùrra!ˈ lé-⁺bayyən ⁺čay diyyòxun.ˈ ʾu-šk̭ə́llə k̭a-dìyyanˈ muttílə ɟu-xá dùctaˈ ʾátxa xáč̭č̭a muccèsta,ˈ ʾe-dúcta k̭at-šə́xtə mə́xtət k̭ənyànə ci-xamìlun,ˈ ⁺tàma k̭a-díyyan muttílə.ˈ k̭a-díyyan muttílə ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾu-bàbiˈ šk̭ə́llun lubə̀llunˈ márzət šak̭ìta.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmaˈ xáč̭č̭a ʾúpra drílun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ⁺bár tre-yumànəˈ tìlunˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ tílun mə́rrun k̭a-yə̀mmiˈ k̭at-⁺ɟòraxˈ véna ʾúpra šk̭ìluˈ k̭árġə véna ⁺bixàlu,ˈ véna ⁺bixàlu.ˈ bás xa-náša məššəlmànaˈ xìšəva,ˈ cícət dàvaˈ šk̭íləva m-pùmmuˈ švík̭uva ɟə̀lya.ˈ bàsˈ k̭árġə bitáyəva ⁺ʾaxlìvalə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ nášə ⁺rába cul-ɟané ⁺ṱùšyovaˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭aṱlívalun.ˈ bás ⁺xalùvvi,ˈ ʾaxúnət ⁺màmiˈ ʾu-⁺ɟórət xàltiˈ tìlunˈ bábi šk̭ə̀llunˈ muttílun ɟu-xa-⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ ⁺ʾarabána ʾìlaˈ lilànk̭a,ˈ ⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ muttílun ɟàvoˈ lubláxlun ɟu-de-mátət bi-savùniˈ K̭arajàlu.ˈ ⁺tàmaˈ bábi ⁺ṱumə́rrun ɟu-⁺ʾúmra ⁺tàma,ˈ ʾu-pə́šlan ɟu-betət bi-savùni.ˈ ʾáyya hal-⁺táma bətxàronˈ k̭at-mú vìla.ˈ ⁺bár háda xína ɟurvə̀slan.ˈ k̭áti muttə́llun ɟu-bétət ⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾána pə́šli tré-šənnə ɟu-bēt-⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾaxúni muttílun ɟu-bēt-məsyòyəˈ ʾət-k̭àšə,ˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aráxva ⁺tàma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə́drə ⁺dərrun ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ nášət máta ⁺də́rrun cúllə ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ ʾína cúllə ʾáxči vìdoˈ … tə̀nna ɟávo,ˈ ʾu-k̭ənyànə ɟávo.ˈ cúllə tumməzzàlun,ˈ k̭urk̭əzzàlun.ˈ ⁺bar-hádax xína šk̭ə́llun cúllə mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-mulcànə,ˈ carmànəˈ baxčànəˈ dìyyanˈ cùllə šk̭iléva.ˈ ʾína m-k̭am-⁺dànaˈ cúllə ⁺zrùtət꞊da díyyanˈ ⁺zrùtəva.ˈ bi-bábi yə́mmi tíyyəva m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ múyyəva ⁺rába mə̀ndi mənné,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ zùyza.ˈ cúllə mə́ndi múyyə m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ʾína cúllə šk̭əl-lublèlun.ˈ ⁺xárta yə́mmi pə́šla ʾarmə̀lta,ˈ là b-⁺ɟóra.ˈ ɟórət xàltiˈ ⁺k̭əryálə ⁺ʾal-⁺Tèhran.ˈ ʾu-bábo yə́mmo ⁺k̭əryálun ⁺Tèhran.ˈ k̭até lubə́llun ⁺ʾal-Tèhran.ˈ xur-ʾána ɟvə́rri k̭àˈ ⁺Bèhnam,ˈ ɟórilə.ˈ ɟvə́rri k̭a-⁺dàvvun,ˈ k̭a-xəmyáni ⁺rábi Šàvul.ˈ ʾána hamzúməvan bàzətˈ šítət ʾárp̂i ʾə̀štaˈ ɟu-matət ⁺Hàssarˈ ⁺Babà-čanɟa.ˈ ʾə́ttən mátət ⁺Hássar꞊ila ɟùˈ ⁺Sèrə,ˈ ʾáy là,ˈ ʾína ⁺Hassar ⁺Babà-čanɟa b-⁺arallə́ġġət matvàtə xínəla,ˈ Čamacìyya,ˈ ⁺ʾÀda,ˈ ⁺Mùšava,ˈ K̭arajàlu,ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺tàmelaˈ b-è-ducta.ˈ ʾíta ʾána ʾìvanˈ ⁺ʾə́č̭č̭a šə̀nnə ʾətváliˈ ʾùˈ tílun nàšəˈ məššəlmànəˈ ʾu-yuvvə́llun tup̂p̂ánɟə k̭a-màta.ˈ mən-⁺bàrˈ xa-⁺ʾəsrìˈ yumánə tílun tup̂p̂ánɟə šk̭ilèlun,ˈ ʾáx꞊t ʾána bətxárən k̭am-⁺ʾàynila.ˈ ʾu-bábi léva ⁺bəddá k̭at-tup̂p̂ánɟə ⁺jammuyèna.ˈ ʾáxči ⁺mṱílun b-rìšuˈ ʾu-tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlun.ˈ tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlunˈ ʾùˈ ⁺tapànčaˈ ʾətvàləˈ súrṱa ⁺tapànča.ˈ šk̭ilálun ʾày꞊da mə́nnu.ˈ ʾu-⁺pulə̀ṱlunˈ váddar lubə̀llunˈ ɟu-dé mátət ⁺Babà-čanɟa,ˈ sằbabˈ mən-k̭am-⁺dána bàbiˈ k̭a-bné ⁺Babá-čanɟa məššəlmánə xùmyəva.ˈ léva švík̭a k̭urdáyə … ⁺zùllum ʾodíva,ˈ ⁺zlùmya ʾodívaˈ šak̭lìva məndiyyé.ˈ bəxšávəva ⁺xuyravàtuna.ˈ ʾína hár b-dè ⁺dánaˈ məššəlmànəˈ ⁺xayən ⁺plə́ṱlun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ lubə̀llunˈ ʾu-cúllə məndíyyət dìyyan šk̭ə́llun.ˈ sə̀tvəva.ˈ táza čirìyyəva.ˈ cúllə mə̀ndi šk̭ə́llunˈ ʾáxči xzùyrət díyyan dəryélun ɟu-tanùyra.ˈ bak̭ìyyaˈ məndìyyanˈ cùllə lubə́llun.ˈ xá-yarxa víyyəna mə̀ndi bəɟrášaˈ mən mátət ⁺Hàssar.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ɟu-matət məššəlmànəxva.ˈ ⁺táma bábi pulə̀ṱlunˈ ⁺ʾal-tàrra.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ xuš-mé trəmmá ⁺tuymánə zùyzə,ˈ ⁺ɟórax lè ⁺k̭aṱlàxlə.ˈ ʾu-yə́mmi xə̀šlaˈ ɟu-mátət ⁺hošárə məššəlmànəˈ lè-ʾamsava mačxáva xa-náša trəmmá ⁺tuymánə yavvə̀lvala.ˈ ⁺šudràlunˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾàna šk̭ə́lliˈ ʾaxúni xáti mənnè,ˈ mən-⁺bárabar bàbiˈ xə̀šliˈ ɟu-tàlɟa.ˈ yə́mmi tìlaˈ ʾu-bàbi mə́rrə k̭atéˈ ⁺bəddáyən ⁺k̭aṱlìtunli.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlunli jáldə k̭at-là ⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ ⁺ṱlə́blə ⁺p̂àp̂rusˈ yuvvə́llun xa-dána ⁺p̂àp̂rus.ˈ ɟrišàlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾádi mxìmunli.ˈ lé-⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ sắbab ⁺xuyravàtuva cúllə,ˈ cúllə ʾət-màtəva,ˈ ʾət-matvàtə,ˈ švàvəva cúllə.ˈ mə́rrə mxìmunli.ˈ ʾe-⁺dána yə̀mmi tíla.ˈ ⁺šuríla č̭arč̭ùrəˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšoˈ lá ⁺k̭ṱúlunlə ⁺ɟòri.ˈ yálə súrə sùrə ʾə́tli.ˈ ʾu-⁺ruppéla yálə súrə k̭amaytèˈ ʾu-b-⁺ràpsaˈ mxílun ɟu-cìsətˈ xáti tre šə̀nnəˈ ʾu-ʾaxúni ⁺ʾarp̂à šə́nnə.ˈ mə̀tlun.ˈ ʾu-k̭a-bàbiˈ mxílun m-àxxu,ˈ npə̀llə.ˈ ʾu-tə́vlun ⁺ʾàlˈ suysavàtəˈ xə̀šlun.ˈ bás ʾáxnan pə́šlan ⁺tàma,ˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšanˈ ʾu-šk̭ála də̀mmaˈ ⁺bəššaya ɟu-rìšanˈ yə́mmi č̭arč̭ùrə,ˈ ʾàxnan,ˈ ʾína bábi ⁺hàlaˈ nàpas bəšk̭áləva.ˈ har-b-dé-⁺danta xá-dana sùysə tílə.ˈ súysə tìlə,ˈ yə́mmi ⁺rxəṱla ɟáno ⁺ruppàlaˈ mə̀rraˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlun k̭a-dìyyi꞊da.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlunli.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta ʾó-naša ɟánu ⁺ruppálə ʾə̀ltəxˈ lá švə̀k̭ləˈ sùysəˈ k̭a-yə́mmi ⁺marə̀č̭vaˈ dā̀šva.ˈ bas-⁺slìləˈ nášə xínə məššəlmànə mə́rrunˈ k̭u-ta-⁺vúr ⁺čày ští.ˈ ⁺ʾàvva mə́rrə,ˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta,ˈ ⁺suvvə̀rrə.ˈ mə́rrə lè-⁺bayyen ⁺čayóxun šatə́nnə.ˈ ʾáha cə́lpat lá švík̭o b-dá jùrra!ˈ lé-⁺bayyən ⁺čay diyyòxun.ˈ ʾu-šk̭ə́llə k̭a-dìyyanˈ muttílə ɟu-xá dùctaˈ ʾátxa xáč̭č̭a muccèsta,ˈ ʾe-dúcta k̭at-šə́xtə mə́xtət k̭ənyànə ci-xamìlun,ˈ ⁺tàma k̭a-díyyan muttílə.ˈ k̭a-díyyan muttílə ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾu-bàbiˈ šk̭ə́llun lubə̀llunˈ márzət šak̭ìta.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmaˈ xáč̭č̭a ʾúpra drílun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ⁺bár tre-yumànəˈ tìlunˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ tílun mə́rrun k̭a-yə̀mmiˈ k̭at-⁺ɟòraxˈ véna ʾúpra šk̭ìluˈ k̭árġə véna ⁺bixàlu,ˈ véna ⁺bixàlu.ˈ bás xa-náša məššəlmànaˈ xìšəva,ˈ cícət dàvaˈ šk̭íləva m-pùmmuˈ švík̭uva ɟə̀lya.ˈ bàsˈ k̭árġə bitáyəva ⁺ʾaxlìvalə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ nášə ⁺rába cul-ɟané ⁺ṱùšyovaˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭aṱlívalun.ˈ bás ⁺xalùvvi,ˈ ʾaxúnət ⁺màmiˈ ʾu-⁺ɟórət xàltiˈ tìlunˈ bábi šk̭ə̀llunˈ muttílun ɟu-xa-⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ ⁺ʾarabána ʾìlaˈ lilànk̭a,ˈ ⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ muttílun ɟàvoˈ lubláxlun ɟu-de-mátət bi-savùniˈ K̭arajàlu.ˈ ⁺tàmaˈ bábi ⁺ṱumə́rrun ɟu-⁺ʾúmra ⁺tàma,ˈ ʾu-pə́šlan ɟu-betət bi-savùni.ˈ ʾáyya hal-⁺táma bətxàronˈ k̭at-mú vìla.ˈ ⁺bár háda xína ɟurvə̀slan.ˈ k̭áti muttə́llun ɟu-bétət ⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾána pə́šli tré-šənnə ɟu-bēt-⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾaxúni muttílun ɟu-bēt-məsyòyəˈ ʾət-k̭àšə,ˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aráxva ⁺tàma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə́drə ⁺dərrun ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ nášət máta ⁺də́rrun cúllə ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ ʾína cúllə ʾáxči vìdoˈ … tə̀nna ɟávo,ˈ ʾu-k̭ənyànə ɟávo.ˈ cúllə tumməzzàlun,ˈ k̭urk̭əzzàlun.ˈ ⁺bar-hádax xína šk̭ə́llun cúllə mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-mulcànə,ˈ carmànəˈ baxčànəˈ dìyyanˈ cùllə šk̭iléva.ˈ ʾína m-k̭am-⁺dànaˈ cúllə ⁺zrùtət꞊da díyyanˈ ⁺zrùtəva.ˈ bi-bábi yə́mmi tíyyəva m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ múyyəva ⁺rába mə̀ndi mənné,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ zùyza.ˈ cúllə mə́ndi múyyə m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ʾína cúllə šk̭əl-lublèlun.ˈ ⁺xárta yə́mmi pə́šla ʾarmə̀lta,ˈ là b-⁺ɟóra.ˈ ɟórət xàltiˈ ⁺k̭əryálə ⁺ʾal-⁺Tèhran.ˈ ʾu-bábo yə́mmo ⁺k̭əryálun ⁺Tèhran.ˈ k̭até lubə́llun ⁺ʾal-Tèhran.ˈ xur-ʾána ɟvə́rri k̭àˈ ⁺Bèhnam,ˈ ɟórilə.ˈ ɟvə́rri k̭a-⁺dàvvun,ˈ k̭a-xəmyáni ⁺rábi Šàvul.ˈ	I am speaking about the year forty-six in the village of ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga. There is a village that is (called) ⁺Hassar in the area of Serə, not that one, but ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga is in the area of other villages, Čamaciyya, ⁺ʾAda, ⁺Mušava, K̭arajaluy, all of these (villages) are there in that place. Now, I was nine years old. Muslims came and gave guns to the village. After twenty days they came back and took the weapons, I remember as if it is before my eyes. My father did not know that they were gathering up the guns, but they came upon him and took his gun. They took his gun. He had a pistol, a small pistol, they also took that from him. They took him out, they took him away to the village of ⁺Baba-čanga, because my father had previously looked after the inhabitants of ⁺Baba-čanga. He had not allowed the Kurds to oppress them, oppress them and rob them. He thought they were his friends. But at that time the Muslims turned out to be treacherous against him. They took him away and took all of our property. It was winter. Autumn had recently finished. They took everything, but they put our pigs into the oven. They took all the rest of our property. For one month they removed things from the village of ⁺Hassar. Then we were in the village of the Muslims. There they took my father outside. They said to my mother ‘Go and bring two hundred _tuman_s of money, and we shall not kill your husband.’ My mother went off into the village of Muslims, but she could not find anybody who would give her two hundred _tuman_s. They sent her away and she went. I took my brother and sister from them and I followed my father in the snow. My mother came back and my father said to them ‘I know you will kill me. Kill me quickly, because I do not want to see you.’ He asked for a cigarette and they gave him a cigarette. He smoked it. He said ‘Now shoot me. I do not want to see you.’ Because they were all his friends, all from the village, from the villages, they were all neighbours. He said ‘Shoot me.’ Then my mother came back. She started screaming and beating her head ‘Don’t kill my husband. I have young children.’ She threw the children in front of them. They kicked in the stomach my two-year-old sister and my four-year-old brother, and they died. They struck my father here and he fell. They mounted horses and went away. Then we stayed there, beating our head, taking blood and smearing it on our head, my mother screaming, we …, but my father was still breathing. Just at that moment a horse came. A horse came and my mother ran and threw herself down and said ‘Kill also me. Kill me.’ Then that man threw himself down and did not let the horse crush, trample my mother. Then other Muslims dismounted and said (to him) ‘Come and drink tea.’ He said—excuse me—he swore. He said ‘I do not want to drink your tea. I cannot leave this family in this way! I do not want your tea.’ He took us and put us in a place, covered slightly like this, the place where they keep the filth and the like of cattle. He put us there. He put us there. They took my father away to the bank of the stream. They laid him there and put some earth over him. After two days they came and said to my mother, they came and said to my mother ‘Your husband—they have removed the earth and crows are eating him, they are eating him.’ A Muslim had gone and taken gold teeth from his mouth and left him exposed. Crows were coming and eating him. Then people all hid themselves so that they would not kill them. But my uncle, the brother of my mother, and the husband of my aunt came and took my father and put him in a carriage. A carriage is a coach, a carriage. They put him in it and they took us to the village of the family of my grandfather, K̭arajaluy. There, they buried my father in the church there and we remained in the house of the family of my grandfather. I remember what happened up to then. After that we grew up. They put me in a convent. I remained for two years in a convent. They put my brother in a house of (French Catholic) missionaries, of priests. (This was) in order for us to stay there. Then they returned again to the village. The people of the village all returned to the village. But it was all made … there was smoke in it, there were cattle in it. They cleaned it all and put it in order. After that they took everything, our properties, vineyards, gardens, they took them all. But beforehand all our cultivable land was cultivated. The family of my father and mother had come from Russia. They had brought many things with them, a lot of money. They had brought everything from Russia. But they took everything. Then my mother became a widow, without a husband. The husband of my aunt invited her to Tehran, and her father and mother invited her to Tehran. They took them to Tehran. Now, I married Behnam, my husband. I married him and (joined the family of) my father-in-law Rabi Šavul.

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ʾána hamzúməvan bàzətˈ šítət ʾárp̂i ʾə̀štaˈ ɟu-matət ⁺Hàssarˈ ⁺Babà-čanɟa.ˈ ʾə́ttən mátət ⁺Hássar꞊ila ɟùˈ ⁺Sèrə,ˈ ʾáy là,ˈ ʾína ⁺Hassar ⁺Babà-čanɟa b-⁺arallə́ġġət matvàtə xínəla,ˈ Čamacìyya,ˈ ⁺ʾÀda,ˈ ⁺Mùšava,ˈ K̭arajàlu,ˈ ʾánnə cúllə ⁺tàmelaˈ b-è-ducta.ˈ ʾíta ʾána ʾìvanˈ ⁺ʾə́č̭č̭a šə̀nnə ʾətváliˈ ʾùˈ tílun nàšəˈ məššəlmànəˈ ʾu-yuvvə́llun tup̂p̂ánɟə k̭a-màta.ˈ mən-⁺bàrˈ xa-⁺ʾəsrìˈ yumánə tílun tup̂p̂ánɟə šk̭ilèlun,ˈ ʾáx꞊t ʾána bətxárən k̭am-⁺ʾàynila.ˈ ʾu-bábi léva ⁺bəddá k̭at-tup̂p̂ánɟə ⁺jammuyèna.ˈ ʾáxči ⁺mṱílun b-rìšuˈ ʾu-tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlun.ˈ tup̂p̂ánɟu šk̭ilàlunˈ ʾùˈ ⁺tapànčaˈ ʾətvàləˈ súrṱa ⁺tapànča.ˈ šk̭ilálun ʾày꞊da mə́nnu.ˈ ʾu-⁺pulə̀ṱlunˈ váddar lubə̀llunˈ ɟu-dé mátət ⁺Babà-čanɟa,ˈ sằbabˈ mən-k̭am-⁺dána bàbiˈ k̭a-bné ⁺Babá-čanɟa məššəlmánə xùmyəva.ˈ léva švík̭a k̭urdáyə … ⁺zùllum ʾodíva,ˈ ⁺zlùmya ʾodívaˈ šak̭lìva məndiyyé.ˈ bəxšávəva ⁺xuyravàtuna.ˈ ʾína hár b-dè ⁺dánaˈ məššəlmànəˈ ⁺xayən ⁺plə́ṱlun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ lubə̀llunˈ ʾu-cúllə məndíyyət dìyyan šk̭ə́llun.ˈ sə̀tvəva.ˈ táza čirìyyəva.ˈ cúllə mə̀ndi šk̭ə́llunˈ ʾáxči xzùyrət díyyan dəryélun ɟu-tanùyra.ˈ bak̭ìyyaˈ məndìyyanˈ cùllə lubə́llun.ˈ xá-yarxa víyyəna mə̀ndi bəɟrášaˈ mən mátət ⁺Hàssar.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ ɟu-matət məššəlmànəxva.ˈ ⁺táma bábi pulə̀ṱlunˈ ⁺ʾal-tàrra.ˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ xuš-mé trəmmá ⁺tuymánə zùyzə,ˈ ⁺ɟórax lè ⁺k̭aṱlàxlə.ˈ ʾu-yə́mmi xə̀šlaˈ ɟu-mátət ⁺hošárə məššəlmànəˈ lè-ʾamsava mačxáva xa-náša trəmmá ⁺tuymánə yavvə̀lvala.ˈ ⁺šudràlunˈ xə̀šla.ˈ ʾàna šk̭ə́lliˈ ʾaxúni xáti mənnè,ˈ mən-⁺bárabar bàbiˈ xə̀šliˈ ɟu-tàlɟa.ˈ yə́mmi tìlaˈ ʾu-bàbi mə́rrə k̭atéˈ ⁺bəddáyən ⁺k̭aṱlìtunli.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlunli jáldə k̭at-là ⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ ⁺ṱlə́blə ⁺p̂àp̂rusˈ yuvvə́llun xa-dána ⁺p̂àp̂rus.ˈ ɟrišàlə.ˈ mə́rrə ʾádi mxìmunli.ˈ lé-⁺bayyən xazzənnòxun.ˈ sắbab ⁺xuyravàtuva cúllə,ˈ cúllə ʾət-màtəva,ˈ ʾət-matvàtə,ˈ švàvəva cúllə.ˈ mə́rrə mxìmunli.ˈ ʾe-⁺dána yə̀mmi tíla.ˈ ⁺šuríla č̭arč̭ùrəˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšoˈ lá ⁺k̭ṱúlunlə ⁺ɟòri.ˈ yálə súrə sùrə ʾə́tli.ˈ ʾu-⁺ruppéla yálə súrə k̭amaytèˈ ʾu-b-⁺ràpsaˈ mxílun ɟu-cìsətˈ xáti tre šə̀nnəˈ ʾu-ʾaxúni ⁺ʾarp̂à šə́nnə.ˈ mə̀tlun.ˈ ʾu-k̭a-bàbiˈ mxílun m-àxxu,ˈ npə̀llə.ˈ ʾu-tə́vlun ⁺ʾàlˈ suysavàtəˈ xə̀šlun.ˈ bás ʾáxnan pə́šlan ⁺tàma,ˈ mxáya ɟu-rìšanˈ ʾu-šk̭ála də̀mmaˈ ⁺bəššaya ɟu-rìšanˈ yə́mmi č̭arč̭ùrə,ˈ ʾàxnan,ˈ ʾína bábi ⁺hàlaˈ nàpas bəšk̭áləva.ˈ har-b-dé-⁺danta xá-dana sùysə tílə.ˈ súysə tìlə,ˈ yə́mmi ⁺rxəṱla ɟáno ⁺ruppàlaˈ mə̀rraˈ ⁺k̭ṱúlun k̭a-dìyyi꞊da.ˈ ⁺k̭ṱùlunli.ˈ ʾé-⁺danta ʾó-naša ɟánu ⁺ruppálə ʾə̀ltəxˈ lá švə̀k̭ləˈ sùysəˈ k̭a-yə́mmi ⁺marə̀č̭vaˈ dā̀šva.ˈ bas-⁺slìləˈ nášə xínə məššəlmànə mə́rrunˈ k̭u-ta-⁺vúr ⁺čày ští.ˈ ⁺ʾàvva mə́rrə,ˈ ⁺rába ⁺maxlèta,ˈ ⁺suvvə̀rrə.ˈ mə́rrə lè-⁺bayyen ⁺čayóxun šatə́nnə.ˈ ʾáha cə́lpat lá švík̭o b-dá jùrra!ˈ lé-⁺bayyən ⁺čay diyyòxun.ˈ ʾu-šk̭ə́llə k̭a-dìyyanˈ muttílə ɟu-xá dùctaˈ ʾátxa xáč̭č̭a muccèsta,ˈ ʾe-dúcta k̭at-šə́xtə mə́xtət k̭ənyànə ci-xamìlun,ˈ ⁺tàma k̭a-díyyan muttílə.ˈ k̭a-díyyan muttílə ⁺tàma.ˈ ʾu-bàbiˈ šk̭ə́llun lubə̀llunˈ márzət šak̭ìta.ˈ muttílun ⁺tàmaˈ xáč̭č̭a ʾúpra drílun ⁺ʾàllu.ˈ ⁺bár tre-yumànəˈ tìlunˈ k̭a-yə̀mmi mə́rrunˈ tílun mə́rrun k̭a-yə̀mmiˈ k̭at-⁺ɟòraxˈ véna ʾúpra šk̭ìluˈ k̭árġə véna ⁺bixàlu,ˈ véna ⁺bixàlu.ˈ bás xa-náša məššəlmànaˈ xìšəva,ˈ cícət dàvaˈ šk̭íləva m-pùmmuˈ švík̭uva ɟə̀lya.ˈ bàsˈ k̭árġə bitáyəva ⁺ʾaxlìvalə.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ nášə ⁺rába cul-ɟané ⁺ṱùšyovaˈ k̭at-là ⁺k̭aṱlívalun.ˈ bás ⁺xalùvvi,ˈ ʾaxúnət ⁺màmiˈ ʾu-⁺ɟórət xàltiˈ tìlunˈ bábi šk̭ə̀llunˈ muttílun ɟu-xa-⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ ⁺ʾarabána ʾìlaˈ lilànk̭a,ˈ ⁺ʾarabàna.ˈ muttílun ɟàvoˈ lubláxlun ɟu-de-mátət bi-savùniˈ K̭arajàlu.ˈ ⁺tàmaˈ bábi ⁺ṱumə́rrun ɟu-⁺ʾúmra ⁺tàma,ˈ ʾu-pə́šlan ɟu-betət bi-savùni.ˈ ʾáyya hal-⁺táma bətxàronˈ k̭at-mú vìla.ˈ ⁺bár háda xína ɟurvə̀slan.ˈ k̭áti muttə́llun ɟu-bétət ⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾána pə́šli tré-šənnə ɟu-bēt-⁺rabbanyàtə.ˈ ʾaxúni muttílun ɟu-bēt-məsyòyəˈ ʾət-k̭àšə,ˈ k̭at-⁺k̭aráxva ⁺tàma.ˈ ⁺xárta mə́drə ⁺dərrun ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ nášət máta ⁺də́rrun cúllə ⁺ʾal-màta.ˈ ʾína cúllə ʾáxči vìdoˈ … tə̀nna ɟávo,ˈ ʾu-k̭ənyànə ɟávo.ˈ cúllə tumməzzàlun,ˈ k̭urk̭əzzàlun.ˈ ⁺bar-hádax xína šk̭ə́llun cúllə mə̀ndiˈ ʾu-mulcànə,ˈ carmànəˈ baxčànəˈ dìyyanˈ cùllə šk̭iléva.ˈ ʾína m-k̭am-⁺dànaˈ cúllə ⁺zrùtət꞊da díyyanˈ ⁺zrùtəva.ˈ bi-bábi yə́mmi tíyyəva m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ múyyəva ⁺rába mə̀ndi mənné,ˈ ⁺ràbaˈ zùyza.ˈ cúllə mə́ndi múyyə m-⁺Rùsya.ˈ ʾína cúllə šk̭əl-lublèlun.ˈ ⁺xárta yə́mmi pə́šla ʾarmə̀lta,ˈ là b-⁺ɟóra.ˈ ɟórət xàltiˈ ⁺k̭əryálə ⁺ʾal-⁺Tèhran.ˈ ʾu-bábo yə́mmo ⁺k̭əryálun ⁺Tèhran.ˈ k̭até lubə́llun ⁺ʾal-Tèhran.ˈ xur-ʾána ɟvə́rri k̭àˈ ⁺Bèhnam,ˈ ɟórilə.ˈ ɟvə́rri k̭a-⁺dàvvun,ˈ k̭a-xəmyáni ⁺rábi Šàvul.ˈ

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I am speaking about the year forty-six in the village of ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga. There is a village that is (called) ⁺Hassar in the area of Serə, not that one, but ⁺Hassar ⁺Baba-čanga is in the area of other villages, Čamaciyya, ⁺ʾAda, ⁺Mušava, K̭arajaluy, all of these (villages) are there in that place. Now, I was nine years old. Muslims came and gave guns to the village. After twenty days they came back and took the weapons, I remember as if it is before my eyes. My father did not know that they were gathering up the guns, but they came upon him and took his gun. They took his gun. He had a pistol, a small pistol, they also took that from him. They took him out, they took him away to the village of ⁺Baba-čanga, because my father had previously looked after the inhabitants of ⁺Baba-čanga. He had not allowed the Kurds to oppress them, oppress them and rob them. He thought they were his friends. But at that time the Muslims turned out to be treacherous against him. They took him away and took all of our property. It was winter. Autumn had recently finished. They took everything, but they put our pigs into the oven. They took all the rest of our property. For one month they removed things from the village of ⁺Hassar. Then we were in the village of the Muslims. There they took my father outside. They said to my mother ‘Go and bring two hundred _tuman_s of money, and we shall not kill your husband.’ My mother went off into the village of Muslims, but she could not find anybody who would give her two hundred _tuman_s. They sent her away and she went. I took my brother and sister from them and I followed my father in the snow. My mother came back and my father said to them ‘I know you will kill me. Kill me quickly, because I do not want to see you.’ He asked for a cigarette and they gave him a cigarette. He smoked it. He said ‘Now shoot me. I do not want to see you.’ Because they were all his friends, all from the village, from the villages, they were all neighbours. He said ‘Shoot me.’ Then my mother came back. She started screaming and beating her head ‘Don’t kill my husband. I have young children.’ She threw the children in front of them. They kicked in the stomach my two-year-old sister and my four-year-old brother, and they died. They struck my father here and he fell. They mounted horses and went away. Then we stayed there, beating our head, taking blood and smearing it on our head, my mother screaming, we …, but my father was still breathing. Just at that moment a horse came. A horse came and my mother ran and threw herself down and said ‘Kill also me. Kill me.’ Then that man threw himself down and did not let the horse crush, trample my mother. Then other Muslims dismounted and said (to him) ‘Come and drink tea.’ He said—excuse me—he swore. He said ‘I do not want to drink your tea. I cannot leave this family in this way! I do not want your tea.’ He took us and put us in a place, covered slightly like this, the place where they keep the filth and the like of cattle. He put us there. He put us there. They took my father away to the bank of the stream. They laid him there and put some earth over him. After two days they came and said to my mother, they came and said to my mother ‘Your husband—they have removed the earth and crows are eating him, they are eating him.’ A Muslim had gone and taken gold teeth from his mouth and left him exposed. Crows were coming and eating him. Then people all hid themselves so that they would not kill them. But my uncle, the brother of my mother, and the husband of my aunt came and took my father and put him in a carriage. A carriage is a coach, a carriage. They put him in it and they took us to the village of the family of my grandfather, K̭arajaluy. There, they buried my father in the church there and we remained in the house of the family of my grandfather. I remember what happened up to then. After that we grew up. They put me in a convent. I remained for two years in a convent. They put my brother in a house of (French Catholic) missionaries, of priests. (This was) in order for us to stay there. Then they returned again to the village. The people of the village all returned to the village. But it was all made … there was smoke in it, there were cattle in it. They cleaned it all and put it in order. After that they took everything, our properties, vineyards, gardens, they took them all. But beforehand all our cultivable land was cultivated. The family of my father and mother had come from Russia. They had brought many things with them, a lot of money. They had brought everything from Russia. But they took everything. Then my mother became a widow, without a husband. The husband of my aunt invited her to Tehran, and her father and mother invited her to Tehran. They took them to Tehran. Now, I married Behnam, my husband. I married him and (joined the family of) my father-in-law Rabi Šavul.