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Gulnaz (other)
Gulnaz (Kurdish:نازگوڵ) is a given name, a compound of Naz (name) meaning coy and Gul (name) Gul is a common name in Persian ( ) and Turkish () languages, meaning ''rose''. Gul is used as a family name in Europe, Central and South Asia. It is also a Nordic given name, used in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian languages as a short for ... meaning flower is a common Kurdish name later on adapted by Persian and Turkish meaning "coy flower". Notable people with the name include: * Gulnaz (Afghani) * Gulnaz Badykova (born 1994), Russian cyclist {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdish Languages
Kurdish (, ) is a language or a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish constitutes a dialect continuum, belonging to Western Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. The main three dialects or languages of Kurdish are Northern Kurdish (), Central Kurdish (), and Southern Kurdish (). A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern Iranian languages, the Zaza–Gorani languages, are also spoken by several million ethnic Kurds.Kaya, Mehmet. The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society. The majority of the Kurds speak Kurmanji, and most Kurdish texts are written in Kurmanji and Sorani. Kurmanji is written in the Hawar alphabet, a derivation of the Latin script, and Sorani is written in the Sorani alphabet, a derivation of Arabic script. The classification of Laki as a dialect of Southern Kurdish or as a fourth language under Kurdish is a matter of debate, but the diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naz (name)
Naz ( fa, ناز) is the Persian word for "coy" or "cute". It is a popular feminine given name in Pakistan and Turkey. Naz is also used as a synonym for pride. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Naz Aydemir (born 1990), Turkish volleyball player * Naz Ikramullah, British-Canadian artist * Naz Osmanoglu (born 1985), British-Turkish comedian * Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player * Naz Shah (born 1973), British politician * Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), Iranian-born visual artist Middle name * Anila Naz Chowdhury (born 1975), Bangladeshi singer * Ayça Naz İhtiyaroğlu (born 1984), Turkish volleyball player Surname * Rasheed Naz (1948–2022), Pakistani film and television actor Nickname * Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed (born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.. Retrieved 25 February 2016. He held multiple featherweight world championships, including the WBO ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gul (name)
Gul is a common name in Persian ( ) and Turkish () languages, meaning ''rose''. Gul is used as a family name in Europe, Central and South Asia. It is also a Nordic given name, used in Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian languages as a short form of Guðólfr ( Godwulf). The name is also an abbreviation used in the medieval and early modern periods for William (derived from French Guillaume), for example in the signature "''Gul: Ebor''" for William Dawes, Archbishop of York. Lease for years MD239/35, 1 Jul 1715. The National Archives, UK. Retrieved 19 November 2010 Given name Males * , Bengali poet * |
Gulnaz (Afghani)
Gulnaz is an Afghan woman and rape victim. She was raped by her cousin's husband in 2009 and became pregnant. She was then charged with zina, a crime in Afghanistan. She was initially sentenced to two years in jail, which was later raised to twelve, and she gave birth to a daughter in jail. The American lawyer Kimberley Motley represented her and successfully submitted a pardon application to President Hamid Karzai. More than five thousand people signed the petition for Gulnaz's release. On December 2, 2011 President Karzai signed her pardon. Gulnaz complained to authorities that her cousin's husband had raped her only after she began vomiting - a sign of pregnancy - in order to avoid social stigma and family conflicts. The Afghan authorities sentenced her to 12 years in jail. This decision resulted in world-wide criticism for Afghanistan's abysmal human rights record. The entire world outside Afghanistan discovered her plight when the European Union blocked the broadcast of a docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
