Khoshaba

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
Village
Yazidi temple in Khoshaba
Khoshaba Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°37′44″N 43°10′35″E
Country	Iraq
Region	Kurdistan Region (de facto)
Governorate	Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
District	Tel Kaif District

Khoshaba is populated by Yazidis.^[4]

Etymology

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

See also

• Yazidis in Iraq

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. "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.