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Ehmedê Xanî

Born

Colemêrg (Hakkari), North Kurdistan

Website

http://www.ehmedexani.org/

Genre

Poetry, Philosophy

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Profile in Kurdish: ئەحمەدی خانی

Ahmad Khani, Ahmad-i Khani or Ehmede Xani (Kurdish: Ehmedê Xanî , 1650–1707) was a Kurdish writer, poet and philosopher. He was born amongst the Khani's tribe in Hakkari province in present-day Turkey. He moved to Bayezid in Ritkan province and settled there. Later he started with teaching Kurdish (Kurmanji) at basic level. Khani was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic and Persian. He wrote his Arabic-Kurdish dictionary "Nûbihara Biçûkan" (The Spring of Children) in 1683 to help children with their learning process.

His most important work is the Kurdish classic love story "Mem and Zin"(Mem û Zîn) (1692).

His other work include a book called Eqîdeya Îmanê (The Path of Faith), which is part poem and part prose. The book ...more

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	ممو زين: قصة حب نبت في الأرض وأينع في السماء by أحمد خاني, محمد سعيد رمضان البوطي (Translator), Ehmedê Xanî 3.74 avg rating — 2,792 ratings — published 1692 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dîwan (Ehmedê Xanî Külliyatı, #4) by Ehmedê Xanî, Kadri Yıldırım (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nûbehara Biçûkan (Ehmedê Xanî Külliyatı, #1) by Ehmedê Xanî, Kadri Yıldırım (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ehmede Xani Külliyatı 2: Eqideya İmane did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Xan'den Mem'e Bir Buket Cicek 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Siroveya Mem u Zina 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hemû Berhem by Ehmedê Xanî, N/A (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muzîka Serayê ya Kurdî / Kurt Saray Muzigi / Kurdish Palace Music 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Multilingual Short Works Collection 018 - Poetry & Prose by Machado de Assis (Contributor), Jean Racine (Contributor), Charles Baudelaire (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ehmedê Xanî (?)

“Di fesla nûbiharêde
Digel dîlber biçim geştê
Ji ev xweştir umir nabit
Li min ev hal qewî xweş tê.”
― Ehmedê Xanî

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“Tu dizanî halê vî canî,
Bê dostê xwe can ji min bistînî.
Em herdu li dinê nebûne yar,
Bila li axretê bibin hem-siyar.”
― Ehmedê Xanî, Siroveya Mem u Zina

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