azade_ wrote:Diri wrote:azade_ wrote:Selam

Tomorrow I'll be heading off to Kurdistan. I will stay in Wan for a single day before spending a couple of weeks in Colemêrg. Is anybody else going to Kurdistan this summer?
I hope to pick up on the language a little bit and attend some weddings

Silaw xûşkê!
Good trip and enjoy yourself, sister
I am going to Elbak - it's in Colemêrg too, but in Turkish provinces, it's in Wan province... That's where my girlfriend lives - and we're getting engaged this summer...
You're welcome to visite!

Sorry I don't know what
xûşkê means
Whereabout is Elbak? I'll be staying in Colemêrg city and go for a quick visit in Yüksekova as well (not sure if that is the kurdish name as well, damn that turkish propaganda
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Congratulations on your engagement! You going to live in Kurdistan then?

Xûşk = "Sister" - and "Xûşkê" (with an ê, like in "Azadê") is a nick name like "Keko" ("brother")

It's a title of respect...
Elbak is the Kurdish name for "Başkale" - which you will pass on your way to Colemêrg...
Gewer is the Kurdish name for "Yuksekova" --- keep in mind that I am using the latin Kurdish script - so they are not pronounced the same in English... It would be "Gawar" in English, for example...

But I think you know that by now?
Thank you - no she will come here when we get married...
