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A Note on Kalhori Kinship Terms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Amer Gheitury
Affiliation:
Razi University, Iran
Hasan Yasami
Affiliation:
Razi University
Kristin Kazzazi
Affiliation:
Eichstatt University, Germany

Abstract

Despite the great number of studies conducted by Western scholars exploring kinship terminologies in different languages, there seems to have been little attempt at dealing with kin words in Iranian languages like Kurdish. More specifically, Kalhori, as a southern dialect of Kurdish, has rarely been subject to studies of this nature. Underlining the significance of such studies in the wider linguistic and anthropological contexts, this study attempts to explore kin words Kalhori speakers use to refer to or address their relatives. We also make an attempt to investigate the possibility of presenting a formal explanation of the terms by placing them in a componential analysis framework.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Iranian Studies 2010

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