- Qanate Kurdo
Qanate Kurdo or Qanatê Kurdo or Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev, (1909-1985), was a Kurdish writer, linguist and academic. He was born in the village of "Sûsiz" near
Kars in north-easternTurkey . He attended a Kurdish school inTbilisi . Many other Kurdish writers (such as Dr. "Çerkez Bakayêv") in the formerSoviet Union were also educated in that school. In 1928, he went toSaint Petersburg to continue his studies, where he attended the Language, history and literature department of University of Leningrad. He received his PhD in 1941. AfterWorld War II he began teaching Kurdology and Kurdish language in the faculty of Oriental Studies. In 1960, he became the head of the new Kurdology section of the faculty. He died in Leningrad on October 31st, 1985.Works
Qanate Kurdo wrote more than 100 monographs, books and articles on the Kurdish language, history and folklore. He also supervised more than 20 other Kurdologists.
Books on Kurdish language
#Kurdoev, K. K., Grammatika kurdskogo jazyka (kurmandzhi): fonetika, morfologija (The grammar of the Kurdish language:Phonetic, Morphology), Moscow, 1957
#Kurdoev, K. K., Kurdsko-Russki Slovar (Kurmanji-Russian Dictionary), 890 p., Moscow, 1960.
#Kurdoev, K. K. and Yusupova, Z.A., Kurdsko-Russki Slovar (Sorani) Russkii yazik (Sorani-Russian Dictionary), 752 p. ,Moscow, 1983.
#Kurdoev, K. K., Grammatika kurdskogo iazyka na materiale dialektov kurmandzhi i sorani Moskva (The comparison of the grammar of Kurdish dialects: North Kurmanji and south Kurmanji), 293 p., 1978.Literature and Folklore
#Tarîxa edebiyata Kurdî, cilda 1 (The history of Kurdish Literature), two volumes ,1983/1985.
#Duwanzdeh varîant, Mem û Zîn (Twelve versions of "Mam and Zin"), 1996.References
* [http://www.peyama-kurd.com/9/14.pdf Qanatê Kurdo: Zanyarê Kurd ê bi Nav û Deng] , by Eskerê Boyik, Peyama Kurd Online Journal, in Kurdish.
* [http://www.nujin.de/html/kartal/nivis/ziman/litziman.html Hin lêkolîn û berhemên li ser zimanê Kurdî (List of works on the Kurdish language)] (see Kurdoev)
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