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Sanandaj, Jewish: The Christians of Sanandaj
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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
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ga-Sanandáj suràe hítwa.ˈ məntắke huláe xărā́b là-yelu bəxlé.ˈ huláe-u suráe bə́xle ʿayzè-yelu,ˈ čún hár-tənu ʾăqalyàt-yelu.ˈ bšəlmáne Kurdəstā́n-əč sŭnì-yelu.ˈ šiʿá là-yelu.ˈ huláa ba-najə́s là kắenwale.ˈ šiʿá huláe ba-najə̀s kắelu.ˈ ʾóni ba-najə́s là kắenwalan.ˈ ḥắta kəmrìwaˈ xá-provérb hìtwa ga-baynú.ˈ ləxmá huláa xùlˈ báqa d-éa huláa pəsrá xzurá lá kxə̀l.ˈ ʾā́t kèloxˈ ḥălā̀l-ye baqóx ga-béla huláa ʾaxlét xalà.ˈ ga-belá huláa là gné.ˈ ga-belá suràa gə́ne.ˈ ta-mà?ˈ hulàaˈ miḷá xirà-y.ˈ maʿlùm-la-y ʾā́t hulaét yá bšəlmanèt.ˈ wắle suraăké là,ˈ miḷá là xira-y.ˈ ʾăgár ga-bela-suráa melètˈ kắe ʾā́t bšəlmanèt.ˈ xá provèrb-yele ʾéa.ˈ tăwăjòh farmnét?ˈ ʾéa-č ʾèa.ˈ
ga-Sanandáj suràe hítwa.ˈ məntắke huláe xărā́b là-yelu bəxlé.ˈ huláe-u suráe bə́xle ʿayzè-yelu,ˈ čún hár-tənu ʾăqalyàt-yelu.ˈ bšəlmáne Kurdəstā́n-əč sŭnì-yelu.ˈ šiʿá là-yelu.ˈ huláa ba-najə́s là kắenwale.ˈ šiʿá huláe ba-najə̀s kắelu.ˈ ʾóni ba-najə́s là kắenwalan.ˈ ḥắta kəmrìwaˈ xá-provérb hìtwa ga-baynú.ˈ ləxmá huláa xùlˈ báqa d-éa huláa pəsrá xzurá lá kxə̀l.ˈ ʾā́t kèloxˈ ḥălā̀l-ye baqóx ga-béla huláa ʾaxlét xalà.ˈ ga-belá huláa là gné.ˈ ga-belá suràa gə́ne.ˈ ta-mà?ˈ hulàaˈ miḷá xirà-y.ˈ maʿlùm-la-y ʾā́t hulaét yá bšəlmanèt.ˈ wắle suraăké là,ˈ miḷá là xira-y.ˈ ʾăgár ga-bela-suráa melètˈ kắe ʾā́t bšəlmanèt.ˈ xá provèrb-yele ʾéa.ˈ tăwăjòh farmnét?ˈ ʾéa-č ʾèa.ˈ
In Sanandaj there were Christians. They did not get on badly with the Jews. The Jews and the Christians got on well together, because both were a minority. The Muslims of Kurdistan were Sunnites. They were not Shiʿites. They did not consider a Jew unclean. A Shiʿite considers Jews unclean, but they did not used to consider us unclean. They (the Sunnite Muslims) would even say—they had a proverb among themselves. ‘Eat the food of a Jew, because a Jew does not eat the meat of a pig. You can, it is permitted for you to eat food in the house of Jew. Do not sleep in the house of a Jew. Sleep in the house of Christian. Why? A Jew is circumcised. It is not known whether you are a Jew or you are a Muslim. But the Christian is not, he is not circumcised. If you die in the house of a Christian, he knows that you are a Muslim.’ That was a proverb. Are you paying attention? That is that.
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ga-Sanandáj suràe hítwa.ˈ məntắke huláe xărā́b là-yelu bəxlé.ˈ huláe-u suráe bə́xle ʿayzè-yelu,ˈ čún hár-tənu ʾăqalyàt-yelu.ˈ bšəlmáne Kurdəstā́n-əč sŭnì-yelu.ˈ šiʿá là-yelu.ˈ huláa ba-najə́s là kắenwale.ˈ šiʿá huláe ba-najə̀s kắelu.ˈ ʾóni ba-najə́s là kắenwalan.ˈ ḥắta kəmrìwaˈ xá-provérb hìtwa ga-baynú.ˈ ləxmá huláa xùlˈ báqa d-éa huláa pəsrá xzurá lá kxə̀l.ˈ ʾā́t kèloxˈ ḥălā̀l-ye baqóx ga-béla huláa ʾaxlét xalà.ˈ ga-belá huláa là gné.ˈ ga-belá suràa gə́ne.ˈ ta-mà?ˈ hulàaˈ miḷá xirà-y.ˈ maʿlùm-la-y ʾā́t hulaét yá bšəlmanèt.ˈ wắle suraăké là,ˈ miḷá là xira-y.ˈ ʾăgár ga-bela-suráa melètˈ kắe ʾā́t bšəlmanèt.ˈ xá provèrb-yele ʾéa.ˈ tăwăjòh farmnét?ˈ ʾéa-č ʾèa.ˈ
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In Sanandaj there were Christians. They did not get on badly with the Jews. The Jews and the Christians got on well together, because both were a minority. The Muslims of Kurdistan were Sunnites. They were not Shiʿites. They did not consider a Jew unclean. A Shiʿite considers Jews unclean, but they did not used to consider us unclean. They (the Sunnite Muslims) would even say—they had a proverb among themselves. ‘Eat the food of a Jew, because a Jew does not eat the meat of a pig. You can, it is permitted for you to eat food in the house of Jew. Do not sleep in the house of a Jew. Sleep in the house of Christian. Why? A Jew is circumcised. It is not known whether you are a Jew or you are a Muslim. But the Christian is not, he is not circumcised. If you die in the house of a Christian, he knows that you are a Muslim.’ That was a proverb. Are you paying attention? That is that.