Khoshaba
Village
Yazidi temple in Khoshaba
Yazidi temple in Khoshaba
Khoshaba is located in Iraq
Khoshaba
Khoshaba
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°37′44″N 43°10′35″E / 36.62889°N 43.17639°E / 36.62889; 43.17639
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region (de facto)
GovernorateNineveh Governorate (de jure)
Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
DistrictTel Kaif District

Khoshaba (also written Khawshaba, Arabic: خوشابا; Kurdish: خۆشابا, romanized: Xoşaba)[1][2] is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located ca. 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Alqosh and ca. 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.[3][4]

Khoshaba is populated by Yazidis.[4]

Etymology

Khoshaba comes from the Assyrian-Aramaic word ܚܕܒܫܒܐ khoshaba meaning Sunday.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "خۆشابا:هۆلا بیرەوەرییان پێتڤی كەلوپەلانە" (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bi çavdêrya berêz"Şêx Şamo" qenepe bo holên laliş li Gundên Xoşaba û Doxata hatine dabînkirin". Bingehê Laliş (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq" (PDF). Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. February 2010. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Search Entry". www.assyrianlanguages.org. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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