Êzîdxan

Êzîdxan or Ezidkhan (also known as Yezidistan[1] or Ezidistan,[2] English: Land of the Yazidis[3]) is what Yazidis call the Mesopotamian region that is now part of modern-day Iraq, Syria and Turkey.[4] The term means a sacred place or homeland.[4][5] It is also a de facto autonomy in northern Iraq.[6]

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Yazidi soldiers in Sinjar (also written as Shingal, the capital of Êzîdxan)
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Etymology

Êzîdxan (other spellings: Ezidkhan, Ezdikhan, Ezidchan, Ezidikhan, Ezidichan) consists of the two words "Êzîdî" (own designation of the Yazidis) and Xan or Khan (meaning: house) and it literally means the "House of the Yazidis".[5] It is also translated as the "Land of the Yazidis".[3] Furthermore, the term "Êzîdxan" refers to the community of Yazidis.[7][8]

Settlement areas
Main article: List of Yazidi settlements

The term "Êzîdxan" is also the designation of traditional and historical settlement areas of the Yazidis. The original main settlement areas of the Yazidis are in northern Mesopotamia, in today's northern Iraq, in northern Syria and in south-eastern Turkey.

See also

References
  1. "Aziz Tamoyan informs UN about massacres of Yezidis in Northern Iraq". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  2. Minahan, James B. (2016-08-01). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World, 2nd Edition: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-954-9.
  3. Turgut, Lokman (2010). Mündliche Literatur der Kurden in den Regionen Botan und Hekarî (in German). Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. p. 161. ISBN 978-3-8325-2727-3.
  4. Usman, Dr Shakir Muhammad (2021-01-01). "A Tale of a Lost, Found, and Misunderstood Legacy in the Light of Mimetic Theory". Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, Michigan State University Press: 259.
  5. Şingal und der IS: Der jihadistische Genozid an den Êzîdî und die Folgen. in LeEZA (Liga für emanzipatorische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit), (in German) p. 6, (1. August 2016)
  6. Burnett, M. Troy (2020-08-04). Nationalism Today: Extreme Political Movements around the World [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-5000-4. declaration made in August 2017 by Yazidi nationalists of an unrecognized autonomous government of Ezidkhan.
  7. Rodziewicz, Andrzej; Jagiellonian University, Krakow (2018-01-01). "Milete min Êzîd. The Uniqueness of the Yezidi Concept of the Nation". Securitologia. 1 (27): 73. ISSN 1898-4509.
  8. Arakelova, Victoria. "Ethno-Religious Communities Identity markers". Academia.edu: 3.
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