Kurdish calendar

The Kurdish calendar (Kurdish: ڕۆژژمێری کوردی)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] is a calendar used in the Kurdistan region of Iraq alongside the Islamic and Gregorian calendar.^[6]

History

The start of the calendar is marked by the Battle of Nineveh, a conquest of the Assyrians by the Medes in 612 BC.^[1]^[4]^[3]

The names for the months are often derived from society's events in that month.^[7]

Order	Days	Native Script	Romanized	Likely Meaning
1	31	خاکەلێوە	Xakelêwe
2	31	گوڵان	Gullan	Likely derived from the Kurdish word 'Gul' meaning flower.
3	31	زەردان	Zerdan / Cozerdan
4	31	پووشپەڕ	Puşperr
5	31	گەلاوێژ	Gelawêj	Named after the Gelawêj star (Sirius) that becomes visible in this month.
6	31	خەرمانان	Xermanan	Likely derived from the word Kurdish word 'Xerm' meaning warm.
7	30	بەران	Beran / Razbar
8	30	گێزان	Xezan / Khazalawar
9	30	ﺳﺎﺮﺍﻦ	Saran / Sermawez
10	30	بەفران	Befran / Befranbar	Likely derived from the word 'Befr' meaning snow.
11	30	ڕێبەندان	Rêbendan
12	29/30	ڕەشەمە	Reşeme

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