Kani Kamil

Kani kamil

My Handmade Dictionary  2019

This piece addresses the sexism dimension of the Kurdish language by exploring words, expressions and proverbs that value men and disrespect women. There is a Kurdish word that drifted from the Arabic language the Arabic meaning is weak, powerless, helpless, flabby, poorly; another word used as a name for a female at the same time adjective in Kurdish vernacular language.