Qanate Kurdo, (Kurdish: Qanatê Kurdo, Russian: Кана́т Кала́шевич Курдо́ев, romanized: Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev; 12 September 1909 – 31 October 1985), was a Soviet philologist and professor of Kurdish language. He was born in Susuz in Russian Empire and developed Kurdish studies in various fields.[1]
Курдоев, Канат Калашевич Qanatê Kurdo | |
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 Qanate Kurdo | |
| Born | 12 September 1909 Kars Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 31 October 1985 (aged 76) Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
Biography
editIn 1928, he went to Saint Petersburg to continue his studies, where he attended the Language, history and literature department of University of Leningrad. He received his PhD in 1941. When World War II was reaching its end, Kurdo became part of the "Faculty of Oriental Studies in Leningrad where he taught Kurdish in the Department of Iranian Studies".[1] In 1961, he became the head of the new Kurdology section of the faculty (Kurdskij Kabinet), "which Joseph Orbeli had established in 1959".[1]
References
editSources
edit- Blau, Joyce (2006). "KURDOEV, QENĀTĒ". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Further reading
edit- Boyik, Eskerê (October 27, 2004), QANATÊ KURDO: ZANYARÊ KURD Ê BI NAV Û DENG (PDF) (in Kurdish), Peyama Kurd (published November 5, 2004), p. 15, archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2005, retrieved June 28, 2009
Note – for best results, download the PDF rather than opening it directly. - Hin lêkolîn û berhemên li ser zimanê Kurdî (List of works on the Kurdish language) (see Kurdoev)