Barwar: The Village of ʾƐn-Nune (2)

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. 3 vols. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008, vol. 3	Nanis Bənyamən

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0:00	ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ hóla npílta gu-ʾáṯṛət Bàrwərˈ l-qúrbət ḥŭ́dūd Tùrkiya,ˈ bēn-trè ṭuráne.ˈ m-qámṯa díya ṭùrɛleˈ m-báṯra díya ṭùrɛle,ˈ ṭuráne ramàne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya dúkṯa ṱ-íla tíwta ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mən-kúl goyáṯa dìya,ˈ mən-kúl gebàne,ˈ ʾíṯ xa-dàštaˈ mqusàmtaˈ xaqlàṯa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ kút-naša gu-ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾítle xaqlàṯa,ˈ b-zărèlaˈ zrùta,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dla bustàne,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dle kù-mdi-t bắye.ˈ mə́lkət gáne dìyela.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa ʾƐ̄n-Nùnela.ˈ ʾu-m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯíṯa máṯət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne?ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni šằməx,ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni zóre ṱ-ix-šmìye,ˈ máṣəx ṱ-àmrəxˈ mən-hàl tré-mma šə́nne.ˈ mən-hál tré-mma šənnè,ˈ yáʿni qám tré-mma šənnè,ˈ bálki bi-zàwda,ˈ ʾána máṣən ṱ-ámrən hal-tré-mma-w xamší-šənne nāš-díyən mtúnyela màṭowa ʾƐ̄n-Núne.ˈ ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾíṯwa xákma bàte,ˈ baṣóre gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ mən-náše t-wɛ̀waˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ b-pláxa qa-xayuṯèy,ˈ qa-t-xăyìwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni ṱ-íxwa gu-ṭuràneˈ ʾìwəxwaˈ ʾan-nàšeˈ t-ʾaṯoràyeˈ ṱ-íwa gu-Bàbəlˈ qădī̀m.ˈ ʾu-m-bar-ṱ-íwa npìlta Bábəl,ˈ ʾu-dukánət ʾaṯoráye ʾax-Móṣul Nìnwe,ˈ w-áx-Nəmrū̀d,ˈ w-ax-d-ánna dukáne t-wɛ́wa ʾắṯəṛ diyɛ̀ni, kúlla mpurpə̀sselaˈ bíyət plàše,ˈ bíyət malkuwáṯət ṯéla qəm-maxìlaˈ ʾaṯuráye gu-Nìnwe.ˈ fa-ʾàxniˈ ríqəx u-gu-ṭuráne mṭúšye qam-ẓlúmya-w qə̀ṭla,ˈ fa-qímlən mkawóne gánən gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ fa-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾìṯwaˈ qam-tré-mma xámši šə̀nneˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəl,ˈ xákma nàše,ˈ xákma ṱ-amréxi tìwe táma.ˈ lé-y-maṣən ʾàmrən yáʿni,ˈ lé-y-yăḏən b-ḏ̣ằbəṭ.ˈ líṯwa tarī̀x.ˈ líṯwa kṯáwta ʾɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾiwɛ́wa náše jmíye m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ̀ka.ˈ xákma ʿăšàʾər,ˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəlˈ tíwewa gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʿăšíra dìyi ṱ-ámrəxˈ ʾàna,ˈ ʾáxni y-amrílən be-Hɛ̀do ʾáxni,ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx mən-Ṭyàre,ˈ mən-Tùrkiya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx màṭo?ˈ mtanìwaˈ ʾíṯwa šawwà xonăwáṯa gu-xá-maṯa gu-Tùrkiyaˈ y-amríwala ʾƏspìstən.ˈ ʾay-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ fa-č̣ənnək̭ɛréy kúlla qurḏàyewa,ˈ mšəlmànewa.ˈ ʾan-šawwá xonăwáṯa ʾíṯwala xà xáṯa.ˈ ʾó góṛət mušəlmàne,ˈ šḕx ṱ-ámrəx,ˈ gòṛa,ˈ xa-šā́b-wewa zòra.ˈ w-ay-bráta xàmṯɛwa.ˈ mírəlla gawrə́nna ʾay-krəstyànta.ˈ gawrə̀nna.ˈ ṯéle ṭlábəlla m-xonăwáṯa dìyaˈ mə̀reˈ ʾay-bráta hallùla-lli.ˈ w-áxni lìṯ gu-šắrəṭ dìyənˈ bràtaˈ krəstyàntaˈ gáwra mušəlmàna.ˈ lìṯwa gu-šắrəṭ díyənˈ ʾu-hal-hadíya lìṯ.ˈ fa-módi wíḏe ʾàni?ˈ xə́zyəlle ràba ʾɛ́baˈ ḏà xáṯa ʾítleyˈ yawíla qa-t-ʾáwwa mìra,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa mušəlmàna,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa šḕx.ˈ mòdi-la wíḏe?ˈ mírəlle ʾáṯət tə̀mməlˈ l-xòḏux,ˈ w-áxni b-yawə́xlux xàbra.ˈ la-mɛ́ṯət náše mə̀nnux.ˈ w-áxni ʾɛ́bɛle nàšeˈ w-áti mušəlmànɛwətˈ ʾáxni krəstyàne-wəx.ˈ ʾɛ̀bɛle.ˈ ʾáxni tə́mməl ṱ-amrə́xlux b-yawə́xla xáṯən ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾáw ʾíṯwa náše mə̀nne,ˈ č̣ənnək̭ɛréy ʾàskarˈ ʾu-lan-ḏàya mó,ˈ mazdòyəlley.ˈ ʾáni módi wìḏe?ˈ mútte xə̀ṭṭaˈ mìrelaˈ ʾáxni b-qaṭlə́xle ʾu-bṱ-árqəx b-lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾánna mòdiwa?ˈ šulèyˈ ʾi-maxíwa prə̀zlaˈ xo-ʾáqlət koḏənyàṯa,ˈ y-amrə́xle mnawòle,ˈ nawóle dawɛ̀re.ˈ le-y-máxi prə́zla l-ʾáqlət dawɛ̀re,ˈ koḏənyàṯa?ˈ ʾáni šuléy ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ ʾíṯwala … ḥaddā̀d-iwaˈ ḥaddād-xána tàma.ˈ kúlla náše mɛṯíwa dawɛ́re táma mnalìwala.ˈ ʾánna mòdi wíḏe?ˈ b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾítwaley ʾə́šta šàwwa dawɛ́re,ˈ kúlla mnúle l-xə̀rxəṯ,ˈ yáʿni lɛ́la mə́xyəlla drə̀st.ˈ nále l-koḏənyaṯéy mə́xyəlla bə̀-l-maqlūb.ˈ yáʿni koḏə́nta ʾən-ʾáza hàtxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾən-ʾáza b-ʾúrxa dìyaˈ ʾáy ṱ-ámrət hàtxɛla zílta.ˈ ʾáni wíḏəlla hàtxa.ˈ də́rdə yóma ʾaw-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìle-wira gu-bɛṯeyˈ dwìqəlleˈ ʾu-qṭìləlle.ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-míra ʾàxaˈ ʾu-gríšəlle zə́dyəlle gu-manzalèy.ˈ mṭúšyəlle tàma.ˈ ʾu-mə́ndi-t bɛṯèyˈ kúlla də́ryəlla xáṣət dawɛ̀reyˈ ʾu-plíṭela rìqe.ˈ rìqelaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mən-d-ɛ-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ gáwa gáwa Ṭyáre ḷɛ̀ṯa-wˈ Ṭyáre xtɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ̀le-wˈ b-yòmaˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mšúryela táwa gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ lɛ̀la-tawa m-ġḏáḏe,ˈ šáwwa xonăwàṯa-wɛwa.ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Màye,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Dɛrə̀ške,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾAràḏən,ˈ xa-tiwɛ́le gu-ʾÀlquš,ˈ … xa-gu-ʾAšìṯa,ˈ gu-ʾAšìṯa tíwɛle xá.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna píša b-ḏà-dukṯaˈ ʾu-xaṯéy-ži mṭùšyəlla.ˈ ʾáxni yáʿni ʾána ʾašírə díyi be-Hɛ́do ṯíṯɛla mən-ʾƏspístən tíwta gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya lɛ̀wa rába m-jálde,ˈ bálki ṱ-àwyaˈ ʾə́mma-w xámši šə́nne hàtxa.ˈ qam-ʾə́mma-w xámši šə̀nne.ˈ fa-ʾána yə́mmi mtanyàwaˈ y-amráwa ʾúmra díyən Mar-Sàwaˈ qəm-banìleˈ m-bar-ṱ-íwa ʾan-díyən ʾə́ṯye tíwe gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ yáʿni ʾánna nášən t-ʾƏspístən ṯéla tíwla gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mšoréla bnàyaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ hóla npílta gu-ʾáṯṛət Bàrwərˈ l-qúrbət ḥŭ́dūd Tùrkiya,ˈ bēn-trè ṭuráne.ˈ m-qámṯa díya ṭùrɛleˈ m-báṯra díya ṭùrɛle,ˈ ṭuráne ramàne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya dúkṯa ṱ-íla tíwta ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mən-kúl goyáṯa dìya,ˈ mən-kúl gebàne,ˈ ʾíṯ xa-dàštaˈ mqusàmtaˈ xaqlàṯa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ kút-naša gu-ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾítle xaqlàṯa,ˈ b-zărèlaˈ zrùta,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dla bustàne,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dle kù-mdi-t bắye.ˈ mə́lkət gáne dìyela.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa ʾƐ̄n-Nùnela.ˈ ʾu-m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯíṯa máṯət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne?ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni šằməx,ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni zóre ṱ-ix-šmìye,ˈ máṣəx ṱ-àmrəxˈ mən-hàl tré-mma šə́nne.ˈ mən-hál tré-mma šənnè,ˈ yáʿni qám tré-mma šənnè,ˈ bálki bi-zàwda,ˈ ʾána máṣən ṱ-ámrən hal-tré-mma-w xamší-šənne nāš-díyən mtúnyela màṭowa ʾƐ̄n-Núne.ˈ ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾíṯwa xákma bàte,ˈ baṣóre gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ mən-náše t-wɛ̀waˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ b-pláxa qa-xayuṯèy,ˈ qa-t-xăyìwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni ṱ-íxwa gu-ṭuràneˈ ʾìwəxwaˈ ʾan-nàšeˈ t-ʾaṯoràyeˈ ṱ-íwa gu-Bàbəlˈ qădī̀m.ˈ ʾu-m-bar-ṱ-íwa npìlta Bábəl,ˈ ʾu-dukánət ʾaṯoráye ʾax-Móṣul Nìnwe,ˈ w-áx-Nəmrū̀d,ˈ w-ax-d-ánna dukáne t-wɛ́wa ʾắṯəṛ diyɛ̀ni, kúlla mpurpə̀sselaˈ bíyət plàše,ˈ bíyət malkuwáṯət ṯéla qəm-maxìlaˈ ʾaṯuráye gu-Nìnwe.ˈ fa-ʾàxniˈ ríqəx u-gu-ṭuráne mṭúšye qam-ẓlúmya-w qə̀ṭla,ˈ fa-qímlən mkawóne gánən gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ fa-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾìṯwaˈ qam-tré-mma xámši šə̀nneˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəl,ˈ xákma nàše,ˈ xákma ṱ-amréxi tìwe táma.ˈ lé-y-maṣən ʾàmrən yáʿni,ˈ lé-y-yăḏən b-ḏ̣ằbəṭ.ˈ líṯwa tarī̀x.ˈ líṯwa kṯáwta ʾɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾiwɛ́wa náše jmíye m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ̀ka.ˈ xákma ʿăšàʾər,ˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəlˈ tíwewa gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʿăšíra dìyi ṱ-ámrəxˈ ʾàna,ˈ ʾáxni y-amrílən be-Hɛ̀do ʾáxni,ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx mən-Ṭyàre,ˈ mən-Tùrkiya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx màṭo?ˈ mtanìwaˈ ʾíṯwa šawwà xonăwáṯa gu-xá-maṯa gu-Tùrkiyaˈ y-amríwala ʾƏspìstən.ˈ ʾay-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ fa-č̣ənnək̭ɛréy kúlla qurḏàyewa,ˈ mšəlmànewa.ˈ ʾan-šawwá xonăwáṯa ʾíṯwala xà xáṯa.ˈ ʾó góṛət mušəlmàne,ˈ šḕx ṱ-ámrəx,ˈ gòṛa,ˈ xa-šā́b-wewa zòra.ˈ w-ay-bráta xàmṯɛwa.ˈ mírəlla gawrə́nna ʾay-krəstyànta.ˈ gawrə̀nna.ˈ ṯéle ṭlábəlla m-xonăwáṯa dìyaˈ mə̀reˈ ʾay-bráta hallùla-lli.ˈ w-áxni lìṯ gu-šắrəṭ dìyənˈ bràtaˈ krəstyàntaˈ gáwra mušəlmàna.ˈ lìṯwa gu-šắrəṭ díyənˈ ʾu-hal-hadíya lìṯ.ˈ fa-módi wíḏe ʾàni?ˈ xə́zyəlle ràba ʾɛ́baˈ ḏà xáṯa ʾítleyˈ yawíla qa-t-ʾáwwa mìra,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa mušəlmàna,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa šḕx.ˈ mòdi-la wíḏe?ˈ mírəlle ʾáṯət tə̀mməlˈ l-xòḏux,ˈ w-áxni b-yawə́xlux xàbra.ˈ la-mɛ́ṯət náše mə̀nnux.ˈ w-áxni ʾɛ́bɛle nàšeˈ w-áti mušəlmànɛwətˈ ʾáxni krəstyàne-wəx.ˈ ʾɛ̀bɛle.ˈ ʾáxni tə́mməl ṱ-amrə́xlux b-yawə́xla xáṯən ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾáw ʾíṯwa náše mə̀nne,ˈ č̣ənnək̭ɛréy ʾàskarˈ ʾu-lan-ḏàya mó,ˈ mazdòyəlley.ˈ ʾáni módi wìḏe?ˈ mútte xə̀ṭṭaˈ mìrelaˈ ʾáxni b-qaṭlə́xle ʾu-bṱ-árqəx b-lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾánna mòdiwa?ˈ šulèyˈ ʾi-maxíwa prə̀zlaˈ xo-ʾáqlət koḏənyàṯa,ˈ y-amrə́xle mnawòle,ˈ nawóle dawɛ̀re.ˈ le-y-máxi prə́zla l-ʾáqlət dawɛ̀re,ˈ koḏənyàṯa?ˈ ʾáni šuléy ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ ʾíṯwala … ḥaddā̀d-iwaˈ ḥaddād-xána tàma.ˈ kúlla náše mɛṯíwa dawɛ́re táma mnalìwala.ˈ ʾánna mòdi wíḏe?ˈ b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾítwaley ʾə́šta šàwwa dawɛ́re,ˈ kúlla mnúle l-xə̀rxəṯ,ˈ yáʿni lɛ́la mə́xyəlla drə̀st.ˈ nále l-koḏənyaṯéy mə́xyəlla bə̀-l-maqlūb.ˈ yáʿni koḏə́nta ʾən-ʾáza hàtxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾən-ʾáza b-ʾúrxa dìyaˈ ʾáy ṱ-ámrət hàtxɛla zílta.ˈ ʾáni wíḏəlla hàtxa.ˈ də́rdə yóma ʾaw-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìle-wira gu-bɛṯeyˈ dwìqəlleˈ ʾu-qṭìləlle.ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-míra ʾàxaˈ ʾu-gríšəlle zə́dyəlle gu-manzalèy.ˈ mṭúšyəlle tàma.ˈ ʾu-mə́ndi-t bɛṯèyˈ kúlla də́ryəlla xáṣət dawɛ̀reyˈ ʾu-plíṭela rìqe.ˈ rìqelaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mən-d-ɛ-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ gáwa gáwa Ṭyáre ḷɛ̀ṯa-wˈ Ṭyáre xtɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ̀le-wˈ b-yòmaˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mšúryela táwa gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ lɛ̀la-tawa m-ġḏáḏe,ˈ šáwwa xonăwàṯa-wɛwa.ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Màye,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Dɛrə̀ške,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾAràḏən,ˈ xa-tiwɛ́le gu-ʾÀlquš,ˈ … xa-gu-ʾAšìṯa,ˈ gu-ʾAšìṯa tíwɛle xá.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna píša b-ḏà-dukṯaˈ ʾu-xaṯéy-ži mṭùšyəlla.ˈ ʾáxni yáʿni ʾána ʾašírə díyi be-Hɛ́do ṯíṯɛla mən-ʾƏspístən tíwta gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya lɛ̀wa rába m-jálde,ˈ bálki ṱ-àwyaˈ ʾə́mma-w xámši šə́nne hàtxa.ˈ qam-ʾə́mma-w xámši šə̀nne.ˈ fa-ʾána yə́mmi mtanyàwaˈ y-amráwa ʾúmra díyən Mar-Sàwaˈ qəm-banìleˈ m-bar-ṱ-íwa ʾan-díyən ʾə́ṯye tíwe gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ yáʿni ʾánna nášən t-ʾƏspístən ṯéla tíwla gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mšoréla bnàyaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ	ʾƐn-Nune lies in the land of Barwar near to the border of Turkiye, between two mountains. In front of it there is a mountain and behind it there is a mountain, high mountains. On all sides of the place where ʾƐn-Nune is situated there is a plain divided into let’s say fields. Everybody in ʾƐn-Nune has fields, which he cultivates, or he makes into an orchard or whatever he wants. They were his property. This was the village of ʾƐn-Nune. What is the origin of the village of ʾƐn-Nune? According to what we have heard, according to what we heard when we were young, we can say that, from as many as two hundred years, that is two hundred years ago, perhaps more—I can say that our folk have told how ʾƐn-Nune dates from up to two hundred and fifty years ago. In ʾƐn-Nune there were a few houses, only a small number in ʾƐn-Nune, belonging to people who were in the mountains, working for their livelihood, so that they could live. We who were in the mountains were the Assyrian people who were in Babylon of old. After Babylon fell, the places of the Assyrians like Moṣul (i.e.) Nineveh, like Nimrud, and the places that were our land, were all scattered by wars and by kingdoms that came and attacked the Assyrians of Nineveh. So we fled and hid in the mountains from tyranny and slaughter, and began to form ourselves into villages. Now, ʾƐn-Nune two hundred and fifty years ago consisted of only a few families, a few people. Only a few had settled there. I cannot say, I do not know exactly, since there was no history. There was no writing at that time (stating) from where the people had come. A few tribes, a few families settled in ʾƐn-Nune. We call my tribe—we are called the house of Hɛdo. We came from Ṭiyare, from Turkiye. How did we come? They used to relate that there were seven brothers in a village in Turkiye called Əspistən. Everybody around this village of Əspistən were Kurds, were Muslims. These seven brothers had a sister. The leader of the Muslims, we say sheikh, the leader, was a young man. The girl was beautiful. He said to them ‘I shall marry that Christian girl. I shall marry her’. He came to ask her hand from her brothers. He said ‘Give that girl to me’. But it is not our custom that a Christian girl marries a Muslim. It was not our custom and is not so until now. So what did they do? They regarded it as very shameful to give their only sister to this amir, to this Muslim, to this sheikh. What did they do? They said to him ‘Come tomorrow by yourself and we shall let you know. Do not bring people with you. It is shameful for us (to have) people (come) when you are Muslim and we are Christian. It is shameful. Tomorrow we shall tell you and we shall give you our sister’. There were people with him. Around them there was an army and I don’t know what, frightening them. What did they do? They made a plan. They said ‘We shall kill him and flee in the night’. What was their profession? They put metal (shoes) on the feet of mules, we say shoeing, shoeing of mules. People put metal on the feet of mules, don’t they? This was their profession. They were blacksmiths, they had a blacksmiths’ shop there. Everybody brought mules there for them to shoe. What did they do? At night they had six or seven mules, all shoed backwards, that is they were not put on straight. They put on the shoes of their mules back to front. That is, if a mule walks like this, if it walks on its way, you would say that it has gone like that. They made them like that. The next day he came. When he came into their house, they seized him and killed him. They killed that aghah, that amir, and dragged him and threw him into a room (in) their (house). They hid him there. They put all their household goods on the back of their mules and fled. They fled from that village of Əspistən, through Upper Ṭiyare and Lower Ṭiyare, they fled night and day. They came and settled in villages. They did not settle together. They were seven brothers. One settled in Maye. One settled in Dɛrəške. One settled in ʾƐn-Nune. One settled in Araðən. One settled in Alqoš. One in Ašiθa, one settled in Ašiθa. Each of them stayed in a (different) place and they hid their sister. We—that is my tribe, the house of Hɛdo, came from Əspistən and settled in ʾƐn-Nune. This was not very recently, perhaps it was something like a hundred and fifty years, a hundred and fifty years ago. My mother used to relate that our church, Saint Sawa, was built after those people of ours settled in ʾƐn-Nune. That is, when those people of ours from Əspistən came and settled in ʾƐn-Nune, they started to built the church of Saint Sawa.

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ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ hóla npílta gu-ʾáṯṛət Bàrwərˈ l-qúrbət ḥŭ́dūd Tùrkiya,ˈ bēn-trè ṭuráne.ˈ m-qámṯa díya ṭùrɛleˈ m-báṯra díya ṭùrɛle,ˈ ṭuráne ramàne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya dúkṯa ṱ-íla tíwta ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mən-kúl goyáṯa dìya,ˈ mən-kúl gebàne,ˈ ʾíṯ xa-dàštaˈ mqusàmtaˈ xaqlàṯa ṱ-ámrəx.ˈ kút-naša gu-ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾítle xaqlàṯa,ˈ b-zărèlaˈ zrùta,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dla bustàne,ˈ ʾən-ṱ-awə́dle kù-mdi-t bắye.ˈ mə́lkət gáne dìyela.ˈ ʾáyya máṯa ʾƐ̄n-Nùnela.ˈ ʾu-m-ɛ̀kɛla ṯíṯa máṯət ʾƐ̄n-Nùne?ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni šằməx,ˈ ʾax-ʾáxni zóre ṱ-ix-šmìye,ˈ máṣəx ṱ-àmrəxˈ mən-hàl tré-mma šə́nne.ˈ mən-hál tré-mma šənnè,ˈ yáʿni qám tré-mma šənnè,ˈ bálki bi-zàwda,ˈ ʾána máṣən ṱ-ámrən hal-tré-mma-w xamší-šənne nāš-díyən mtúnyela màṭowa ʾƐ̄n-Núne.ˈ ʾƐ̄n-Núne ʾíṯwa xákma bàte,ˈ baṣóre gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ mən-náše t-wɛ̀waˈ gu-ṭuràne,ˈ b-pláxa qa-xayuṯèy,ˈ qa-t-xăyìwa.ˈ ʾu-ʾáxni ṱ-íxwa gu-ṭuràneˈ ʾìwəxwaˈ ʾan-nàšeˈ t-ʾaṯoràyeˈ ṱ-íwa gu-Bàbəlˈ qădī̀m.ˈ ʾu-m-bar-ṱ-íwa npìlta Bábəl,ˈ ʾu-dukánət ʾaṯoráye ʾax-Móṣul Nìnwe,ˈ w-áx-Nəmrū̀d,ˈ w-ax-d-ánna dukáne t-wɛ́wa ʾắṯəṛ diyɛ̀ni, kúlla mpurpə̀sselaˈ bíyət plàše,ˈ bíyət malkuwáṯət ṯéla qəm-maxìlaˈ ʾaṯuráye gu-Nìnwe.ˈ fa-ʾàxniˈ ríqəx u-gu-ṭuráne mṭúšye qam-ẓlúmya-w qə̀ṭla,ˈ fa-qímlən mkawóne gánən gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ fa-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ ʾìṯwaˈ qam-tré-mma xámši šə̀nneˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəl,ˈ xákma nàše,ˈ xákma ṱ-amréxi tìwe táma.ˈ lé-y-maṣən ʾàmrən yáʿni,ˈ lé-y-yăḏən b-ḏ̣ằbəṭ.ˈ líṯwa tarī̀x.ˈ líṯwa kṯáwta ʾɛ̀-ga.ˈ ʾiwɛ́wa náše jmíye m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ́ka-w m-ɛ̀ka.ˈ xákma ʿăšàʾər,ˈ xákma ʿăwàʾəlˈ tíwewa gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʿăšíra dìyi ṱ-ámrəxˈ ʾàna,ˈ ʾáxni y-amrílən be-Hɛ̀do ʾáxni,ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx mən-Ṭyàre,ˈ mən-Tùrkiya.ˈ ʾáxni ʾə́ṯyewəx màṭo?ˈ mtanìwaˈ ʾíṯwa šawwà xonăwáṯa gu-xá-maṯa gu-Tùrkiyaˈ y-amríwala ʾƏspìstən.ˈ ʾay-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ fa-č̣ənnək̭ɛréy kúlla qurḏàyewa,ˈ mšəlmànewa.ˈ ʾan-šawwá xonăwáṯa ʾíṯwala xà xáṯa.ˈ ʾó góṛət mušəlmàne,ˈ šḕx ṱ-ámrəx,ˈ gòṛa,ˈ xa-šā́b-wewa zòra.ˈ w-ay-bráta xàmṯɛwa.ˈ mírəlla gawrə́nna ʾay-krəstyànta.ˈ gawrə̀nna.ˈ ṯéle ṭlábəlla m-xonăwáṯa dìyaˈ mə̀reˈ ʾay-bráta hallùla-lli.ˈ w-áxni lìṯ gu-šắrəṭ dìyənˈ bràtaˈ krəstyàntaˈ gáwra mušəlmàna.ˈ lìṯwa gu-šắrəṭ díyənˈ ʾu-hal-hadíya lìṯ.ˈ fa-módi wíḏe ʾàni?ˈ xə́zyəlle ràba ʾɛ́baˈ ḏà xáṯa ʾítleyˈ yawíla qa-t-ʾáwwa mìra,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa mušəlmàna,ˈ qa-t-ʾáwwa šḕx.ˈ mòdi-la wíḏe?ˈ mírəlle ʾáṯət tə̀mməlˈ l-xòḏux,ˈ w-áxni b-yawə́xlux xàbra.ˈ la-mɛ́ṯət náše mə̀nnux.ˈ w-áxni ʾɛ́bɛle nàšeˈ w-áti mušəlmànɛwətˈ ʾáxni krəstyàne-wəx.ˈ ʾɛ̀bɛle.ˈ ʾáxni tə́mməl ṱ-amrə́xlux b-yawə́xla xáṯən ʾə̀llux.ˈ ʾáw ʾíṯwa náše mə̀nne,ˈ č̣ənnək̭ɛréy ʾàskarˈ ʾu-lan-ḏàya mó,ˈ mazdòyəlley.ˈ ʾáni módi wìḏe?ˈ mútte xə̀ṭṭaˈ mìrelaˈ ʾáxni b-qaṭlə́xle ʾu-bṱ-árqəx b-lɛ̀le.ˈ ʾánna mòdiwa?ˈ šulèyˈ ʾi-maxíwa prə̀zlaˈ xo-ʾáqlət koḏənyàṯa,ˈ y-amrə́xle mnawòle,ˈ nawóle dawɛ̀re.ˈ le-y-máxi prə́zla l-ʾáqlət dawɛ̀re,ˈ koḏənyàṯa?ˈ ʾáni šuléy ʾàwwɛwa.ˈ ʾíṯwala … ḥaddā̀d-iwaˈ ḥaddād-xána tàma.ˈ kúlla náše mɛṯíwa dawɛ́re táma mnalìwala.ˈ ʾánna mòdi wíḏe?ˈ b-lɛ̀leˈ ʾítwaley ʾə́šta šàwwa dawɛ́re,ˈ kúlla mnúle l-xə̀rxəṯ,ˈ yáʿni lɛ́la mə́xyəlla drə̀st.ˈ nále l-koḏənyaṯéy mə́xyəlla bə̀-l-maqlūb.ˈ yáʿni koḏə́nta ʾən-ʾáza hàtxa,ˈ ʾu-ʾən-ʾáza b-ʾúrxa dìyaˈ ʾáy ṱ-ámrət hàtxɛla zílta.ˈ ʾáni wíḏəlla hàtxa.ˈ də́rdə yóma ʾaw-ʾə̀ṯyɛle.ˈ dax-ṱ-ìle-wira gu-bɛṯeyˈ dwìqəlleˈ ʾu-qṭìləlle.ˈ qṭíləlle ʾo-míra ʾàxaˈ ʾu-gríšəlle zə́dyəlle gu-manzalèy.ˈ mṭúšyəlle tàma.ˈ ʾu-mə́ndi-t bɛṯèyˈ kúlla də́ryəlla xáṣət dawɛ̀reyˈ ʾu-plíṭela rìqe.ˈ rìqelaˈ ʾu-ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mən-d-ɛ-máṯət ʾƏspìstən,ˈ gáwa gáwa Ṭyáre ḷɛ̀ṯa-wˈ Ṭyáre xtɛ̀ṯa,ˈ ʾu-b-lɛ̀le-wˈ b-yòmaˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe-wˈ ʾu-rìqe.ˈ ʾə̀ṯyelaˈ mšúryela táwa gu-maṯwàṯa.ˈ lɛ̀la-tawa m-ġḏáḏe,ˈ šáwwa xonăwàṯa-wɛwa.ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Màye,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-Dɛrə̀ške,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne,ˈ xa-tíwɛle gu-ʾAràḏən,ˈ xa-tiwɛ́le gu-ʾÀlquš,ˈ … xa-gu-ʾAšìṯa,ˈ gu-ʾAšìṯa tíwɛle xá.ˈ kút-xa mə́nna píša b-ḏà-dukṯaˈ ʾu-xaṯéy-ži mṭùšyəlla.ˈ ʾáxni yáʿni ʾána ʾašírə díyi be-Hɛ́do ṯíṯɛla mən-ʾƏspístən tíwta gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ ʾu-ʾáyya lɛ̀wa rába m-jálde,ˈ bálki ṱ-àwyaˈ ʾə́mma-w xámši šə́nne hàtxa.ˈ qam-ʾə́mma-w xámši šə̀nne.ˈ fa-ʾána yə́mmi mtanyàwaˈ y-amráwa ʾúmra díyən Mar-Sàwaˈ qəm-banìleˈ m-bar-ṱ-íwa ʾan-díyən ʾə́ṯye tíwe gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùne.ˈ yáʿni ʾánna nášən t-ʾƏspístən ṯéla tíwla gu-ʾƐ̄n-Nùneˈ mšoréla bnàyaˈ ʾúmrət Mar-Sàwa.ˈ

Translation:

ʾƐn-Nune lies in the land of Barwar near to the border of Turkiye, between two mountains. In front of it there is a mountain and behind it there is a mountain, high mountains. On all sides of the place where ʾƐn-Nune is situated there is a plain divided into let’s say fields. Everybody in ʾƐn-Nune has fields, which he cultivates, or he makes into an orchard or whatever he wants. They were his property. This was the village of ʾƐn-Nune. What is the origin of the village of ʾƐn-Nune? According to what we have heard, according to what we heard when we were young, we can say that, from as many as two hundred years, that is two hundred years ago, perhaps more—I can say that our folk have told how ʾƐn-Nune dates from up to two hundred and fifty years ago. In ʾƐn-Nune there were a few houses, only a small number in ʾƐn-Nune, belonging to people who were in the mountains, working for their livelihood, so that they could live. We who were in the mountains were the Assyrian people who were in Babylon of old. After Babylon fell, the places of the Assyrians like Moṣul (i.e.) Nineveh, like Nimrud, and the places that were our land, were all scattered by wars and by kingdoms that came and attacked the Assyrians of Nineveh. So we fled and hid in the mountains from tyranny and slaughter, and began to form ourselves into villages. Now, ʾƐn-Nune two hundred and fifty years ago consisted of only a few families, a few people. Only a few had settled there. I cannot say, I do not know exactly, since there was no history. There was no writing at that time (stating) from where the people had come. A few tribes, a few families settled in ʾƐn-Nune. We call my tribe—we are called the house of Hɛdo. We came from Ṭiyare, from Turkiye. How did we come? They used to relate that there were seven brothers in a village in Turkiye called Əspistən. Everybody around this village of Əspistən were Kurds, were Muslims. These seven brothers had a sister. The leader of the Muslims, we say sheikh, the leader, was a young man. The girl was beautiful. He said to them ‘I shall marry that Christian girl. I shall marry her’. He came to ask her hand from her brothers. He said ‘Give that girl to me’. But it is not our custom that a Christian girl marries a Muslim. It was not our custom and is not so until now. So what did they do? They regarded it as very shameful to give their only sister to this amir, to this Muslim, to this sheikh. What did they do? They said to him ‘Come tomorrow by yourself and we shall let you know. Do not bring people with you. It is shameful for us (to have) people (come) when you are Muslim and we are Christian. It is shameful. Tomorrow we shall tell you and we shall give you our sister’. There were people with him. Around them there was an army and I don’t know what, frightening them. What did they do? They made a plan. They said ‘We shall kill him and flee in the night’. What was their profession? They put metal (shoes) on the feet of mules, we say shoeing, shoeing of mules. People put metal on the feet of mules, don’t they? This was their profession. They were blacksmiths, they had a blacksmiths’ shop there. Everybody brought mules there for them to shoe. What did they do? At night they had six or seven mules, all shoed backwards, that is they were not put on straight. They put on the shoes of their mules back to front. That is, if a mule walks like this, if it walks on its way, you would say that it has gone like that. They made them like that. The next day he came. When he came into their house, they seized him and killed him. They killed that aghah, that amir, and dragged him and threw him into a room (in) their (house). They hid him there. They put all their household goods on the back of their mules and fled. They fled from that village of Əspistən, through Upper Ṭiyare and Lower Ṭiyare, they fled night and day. They came and settled in villages. They did not settle together. They were seven brothers. One settled in Maye. One settled in Dɛrəške. One settled in ʾƐn-Nune. One settled in Araðən. One settled in Alqoš. One in Ašiθa, one settled in Ašiθa. Each of them stayed in a (different) place and they hid their sister. We—that is my tribe, the house of Hɛdo, came from Əspistən and settled in ʾƐn-Nune. This was not very recently, perhaps it was something like a hundred and fifty years, a hundred and fifty years ago. My mother used to relate that our church, Saint Sawa, was built after those people of ours settled in ʾƐn-Nune. That is, when those people of ours from Əspistən came and settled in ʾƐn-Nune, they started to built the church of Saint Sawa.