GELENEKSEL KADIN İSİMLERİ (NAVE JINA)/en
Nave Jina, that is, traditional women’s names, are in the memory of the Mikaila/İnler Katrancı community not merely names, but carriers of intergenerational continuity, female lineage lines, and the local world of Kürtçe naming.
Cultural meaning
Names reflect a community’s aesthetic preferences, historical layers, and world of sound. Women’s names in particular continue to live in family memory, laments, wedding songs, and everyday forms of address.
Names mentioned in the source
The source records many women’s names such as Almas, Atto, Besê, Dursê, Erew, Eyşan, Fodıl, Geyê, Guzo, Kêzê, Kevot, Nadire, Perizar, Rehmê, Tolle, Xezali, Zêwê, and Zelxê.
Evaluation
An important part of these names no longer appears in the standard repertoire of names today, yet they still hold strong resonance in local memory. For that reason, they are significant not only in onomastic terms but also in terms of cultural memory.
Source
- Ankara’da Bir Kürt Köyü: Mikaila/İnler Katrancı — Dr. Fikret Yıldız