Festivals & Events

1. نەورۆز

   Newroz

   Newroz (spring New Year)

   Usage

   Spring holiday around 21 March, a public holiday across the region

   Grammar Note

   ۆ is o; the و after a vowel is the glide w.

2. نەورۆزتان پیرۆز بێت!

   Newroztan pîroz bêt!

   Happy Newroz!

   Usage

   Greeting for Newroz; polite enough for elders and strangers

   Grammar Note

   The suffix -تان is the polite 'your'. پیرۆز بێت means 'may it be blessed'.

3. جەژن

   Cejin

   Festival, holiday

   Usage

   General word for a religious or national festival

   Grammar Note

   In Sorani the standard form is جەژن.

4. جەژنتان پیرۆز بێت

   Cejintan pîroz bêt

   Happy holiday

   Usage

   Greeting for Eid and other holidays

   Grammar Note

   -تان is the polite 'your' suffix attached to جەژن. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. سەری ساڵ

   Ser-î sał

   New Year

   Usage

   New Year's Day

   Grammar Note

   سەر 'head' + ساڵ 'year' = 'start of the year', linked by the ezafe.

6. جەژنی قوربان

   Cejin-î Qurban

   Eid al-Adha

   Usage

   Islamic holiday; the date shifts each year

   Grammar Note

   جەژن 'festival' + ezafe + قوربان 'sacrifice'.

7. جەژنی ڕەمەزان

   Cejin-î Ṟemezan

   Eid al-Fitr

   Usage

   Holiday after Ramadan; the date shifts each year

   Grammar Note

   The initial ڕ in ڕەمەزان is the trilled ṟ.

8. مەولوود

   Mewlûd

   Mawlid (Prophet's birthday)

   Usage

   Day marking the Prophet's birth

   Grammar Note

   وو is the long û.

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