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Sanandaj, Jewish: The Historical Background of the Jews

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj. Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies vol. 10. Gorgias Press, 2009	Yeskel Paz	IL

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0:00	bəqróx mən-didìˈ kəmrètˈ hulaé Kurdəstā̀nˈ čəkmà-yeluˈ wa-čəkmà šəné ga-dóka xirèn?ˈ mən-lə̀ma hiyén báqa Kurdəstā́n?ˈ ʾárz hòna,ˈ m-zămàn-eˈ Kuréš-e Kăbìrˈ hiyén báqa Hămădā̀n,ˈ ʾAsfăhā̀n,ˈ Golpayăgā̀n.ˈ ʾáy təlḥá tʷké hulaé ràba xirén gáu.ˈ čùnˈ Širā̀z-uˈ … Širā́z ʾo-waxtắra ba-šəme ʾƏstàxr xirté-yaˈ … ʾƏstàxr-uˈ ʾƏsfăhā̀n-uˈ Golpayăgā̀n-uˈ Hămădā̀n,ˈ ʾənyexáe paetaxtèˈ Kuréš-e Kăbìr xirén,ˈ səlsəlá-e ʾaxamanešì.ˈ hulaé ke-hiyén báqa dòkaˈ bàr-d-oˈ părăkandà xirén mən-dokáˈ hiyén báqa Kurdəstā̀n,ˈ xá ʿədà,ˈ lá kŭlè.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-ʾƏsfăhā̀n hiyén. xá-ʿəda mən-Golpayăgā̀n hiyén.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-Širā̀z hiyén.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-Ḥămădā̀n hiyénˈ báqa Kurdəstā̀n.ˈ ʾó waxtắra ʾənyexáe ga-Kurdəstā̀nˈ qărìb-eˈ ʾalpà baté.ˈ ʾalpá baté hulaé ga-Kurdəstā̀n xirà-y,ˈ Kurdəstā̀n-uˈ ʾaṭrā̀f-e Kurdəstā́n.ˈ bəqróx mən-didìˈ kəmrètˈ hulaé Kurdəstā̀nˈ čəkmà-yeluˈ wa-čəkmà šəné ga-dóka xirèn?ˈ mən-lə̀ma hiyén báqa Kurdəstā́n?ˈ ʾárz hòna,ˈ m-zămàn-eˈ Kuréš-e Kăbìrˈ hiyén báqa Hămădā̀n,ˈ ʾAsfăhā̀n,ˈ Golpayăgā̀n.ˈ ʾáy təlḥá tʷké hulaé ràba xirén gáu.ˈ čùnˈ Širā̀z-uˈ … Širā́z ʾo-waxtắra ba-šəme ʾƏstàxr xirté-yaˈ … ʾƏstàxr-uˈ ʾƏsfăhā̀n-uˈ Golpayăgā̀n-uˈ Hămădā̀n,ˈ ʾənyexáe paetaxtèˈ Kuréš-e Kăbìr xirén,ˈ səlsəlá-e ʾaxamanešì.ˈ hulaé ke-hiyén báqa dòkaˈ bàr-d-oˈ părăkandà xirén mən-dokáˈ hiyén báqa Kurdəstā̀n,ˈ xá ʿədà,ˈ lá kŭlè.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-ʾƏsfăhā̀n hiyén. xá-ʿəda mən-Golpayăgā̀n hiyén.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-Širā̀z hiyén.ˈ xá-ʿəda mən-Ḥămădā̀n hiyénˈ báqa Kurdəstā̀n.ˈ ʾó waxtắra ʾənyexáe ga-Kurdəstā̀nˈ qărìb-eˈ ʾalpà baté.ˈ ʾalpá baté hulaé ga-Kurdəstā̀n xirà-y,ˈ Kurdəstā̀n-uˈ ʾaṭrā̀f-e Kurdəstā́n.ˈ	You have asked me saying ‘The Jews of Kurdistan—how many were they, how many years were they there? When did they come to Kurdistan?’ I tell you, at the time of Cyrus the Great, they came to Hamadan, Isfahan and Golpayagan. In these three places there were many Jews. This was because Shiraz—at that time Shiraz was (known by) the name of Istakhr—Istakhr, Isfahan, Golpayagan, Hamadan, these were the capitals of Cyrus the Great, of the Achaemenid dynasty. The Jews who came there later were scattered from there and came to Kurdistan, some of them, not all. Some came from Isfahan. Some came from Golpayagan. Some came from Shiraz. Some came from Hamadan to Kurdistan. At that time those in Kurdistan were about one thousand families. The Jews of Kurdistan were one thousand families, Kurdistan and the surrounding districts.

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