TheKurdish calendar (Kurdish:ڕۆژژمێری کوردی)[1][2][3][4][5] is a calendar used in theKurdistan region ofIraq alongside theIslamic andGregorian calendar.[6]
The start of the calendar is marked by theBattle of Nineveh, a conquest of the Assyrians by theMedes in 612 BC.[1][4][3]
The names for the months are often derived from society's events in that month.[7]
| Order | Days | Native Script | Romanized | Likely Meaning |
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| 1 | 31 | خاکەلێوە | Xakelêwe | |
| 2 | 31 | گوڵان | Gulan | Likely derived from the Kurdish word 'Gul' meaning flower. |
| 3 | 31 | زەردان | Zerdan / Cozerdan | |
| 4 | 31 | پووشپەڕ | Pûşperr | |
| 5 | 31 | گەلاوێژ | Gelawêj | Named after the Gelawêj star (Sirius) that becomes visible in this month. |
| 6 | 31 | خەرمانان | Xermanan | Likely derived from the word Kurdish word 'Xerm' meaning warm. |
| 7 | 30 | بەران | Beran / Rezber | |
| 8 | 30 | گێزان | Gêzan / Xezelwer | |
| 9 | 30 | ساران | Saran / Sermawez | |
| 10 | 30 | بەفران | Befran / Befranbar | Likely derived from the word 'Befr' meaning snow. |
| 11 | 30 | ڕێبەندان | Rêbendan | |
| 12 | 29/30 | ڕەشەمە | Reşeme |
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