Ali Taramakhi

Ali Taramakhi, or Elî Teremaxî (Kurdish: عەلی تەرەماخی‎), was a Kurdish linguist and writer in the 16th century. He is credited for writing the first Arabic grammar book in the Kurdish language in 1591.[1][2] His book is titled, Serfa Kurmancî or Tesrîf. He wrote the book in order to allow Kurdish pupils to learn and study Arabic more easily. This work was later expanded by Male Younis Halkataini (died 1785). The book has 33 chapters covering different aspects of Arabic grammar. Serfa Kurmancî was among the manuscripts discovered and rewritten by Mahmud Bayazidi and Jaba. Although Jaba dismissed the book as a text of minor interest, it has attracted a lot of attention once again in twenty-first century.[3]

Books
  1. Serfa Kurmancî, Pencinar Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 140 p., ISBN 91-972779-4-0, 1997.

References
  1. "Related Articles on Kurdish Language". 2006-09-27. Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  2. "15". 2006-03-03. Archived from the original on 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. Leezenberg, Michiel (2014-09-03). "Elî Teremaxî and the Vernacularization of Medrese Learning in Kurdistan". Iranian Studies. 47 (5): 713–733. doi:10.1080/00210862.2014.934150. ISSN 0021-0862. S2CID 162201041.


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