StefanBQ
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Today when I was scrolling through my social media I noticed some Kurds sharing and spreading lies amongst themselves talking about how Kurd means prideful, heroic, great and how stupid Assyrians are for not realising how Corduene (a historical region in SE-Turkey) means Kurdistan.
I decided to counter their so-called arguments and to share these with all Assyrians on assyrianvoice.net.
Statement 1: "Kurd means strong, great, heroic"
Now dear friends, think about this statement. Most Kurds don't even know what the origin of this definition is. Many historians are still looking for a connection between ancient Mesopotamia and the modern Kurds but aren't very lucky. It is a fact that Kurds speak an Iranian language and therefore it would only be logical that the definition and origin of the so-called "KURD" is Iranian or at least Indo-European.
The most famous theory about the etymology of KURD, is that it originates from the Middle-Persian "KWRT" which means "nomad, tent dweller". I guess that doesn't really fit their "rich" history. Nomadism is something that still lives within plenty of Kurdish communities and they consider it as part of their culture.
Where does this meaning of strong, great and heroic come from?
Statement 2: "Corduene is proto-Kurdish and is historical Kurdistan"
The term Corduene actually derives from the Syriac, "Beth-Qardu" (modern day Silopi, Sirnakh) which in turn has an Akkadian origin.
This theory is rejected by the absolute majority of historians and is only supported by Kurds or pro-Kurdistani historians. What do real sources say?
We can conclude that qardu in Akkadian means valiant, heroic, brave, courageous... Coincidence? Obviously not. What is our conclusion?
I'm not claiming that Beth-Qardu was necessarily Assyrian but what we can conclude is that modern Kurds are trying to use a Semetic root used in Syriac and Akkadian to twist the meaning of "Kurd" which was based upon a middle-Persian word KWRT meaning nomad/tent-dweller.
They are always using weak connections to ancient history, while they are extremely critical when we show the evidence that modern Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians. Imagine we used the same criterion on them..
Today when I was scrolling through my social media I noticed some Kurds sharing and spreading lies amongst themselves talking about how Kurd means prideful, heroic, great and how stupid Assyrians are for not realising how Corduene (a historical region in SE-Turkey) means Kurdistan.
I decided to counter their so-called arguments and to share these with all Assyrians on assyrianvoice.net.
Statement 1: "Kurd means strong, great, heroic"
Now dear friends, think about this statement. Most Kurds don't even know what the origin of this definition is. Many historians are still looking for a connection between ancient Mesopotamia and the modern Kurds but aren't very lucky. It is a fact that Kurds speak an Iranian language and therefore it would only be logical that the definition and origin of the so-called "KURD" is Iranian or at least Indo-European.
The most famous theory about the etymology of KURD, is that it originates from the Middle-Persian "KWRT" which means "nomad, tent dweller". I guess that doesn't really fit their "rich" history. Nomadism is something that still lives within plenty of Kurdish communities and they consider it as part of their culture.
Where does this meaning of strong, great and heroic come from?
Statement 2: "Corduene is proto-Kurdish and is historical Kurdistan"
The term Corduene actually derives from the Syriac, "Beth-Qardu" (modern day Silopi, Sirnakh) which in turn has an Akkadian origin.
This theory is rejected by the absolute majority of historians and is only supported by Kurds or pro-Kurdistani historians. What do real sources say?
We can conclude that qardu in Akkadian means valiant, heroic, brave, courageous... Coincidence? Obviously not. What is our conclusion?
I'm not claiming that Beth-Qardu was necessarily Assyrian but what we can conclude is that modern Kurds are trying to use a Semetic root used in Syriac and Akkadian to twist the meaning of "Kurd" which was based upon a middle-Persian word KWRT meaning nomad/tent-dweller.
They are always using weak connections to ancient history, while they are extremely critical when we show the evidence that modern Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians. Imagine we used the same criterion on them..
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