Khoshaba Explained

Official Name:	Khoshaba
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Iraq
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Iraq
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iraq
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	(de facto)
Subdivision Type2:	Governorate
Subdivision Name2:	Nineveh Governorate (de jure) Dohuk Governorate (de facto)
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Coordinates:	36.6289°N 43.1764°W
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Tel Kaif District

Khoshaba (also written Khawshaba, ar|خوشابا; ku|خۆشابا|translit=Xoşaba)^{[1] [2]} is a village located in the Tel Kaif District of the Ninawa Governorate in Iraq. The village is located ca. 20km (10miles) southeast of Alqosh and ca. 9km (06miles) northeast of Telskuf in the Nineveh Plains. It belongs to the disputed territories of Northern Iraq.^{[3] [4]}

Khoshaba is populated by Yazidis.

Etymology

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

See also

• Yazidis in Iraq

Notes and References

1. News: خۆشابا:هۆلا بیرەوەرییان پێتڤی كەلوپەلانە . 19 December 2019 . ku . 13 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200413201308/https://www.lalishduhok.com/ckb/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C/post/%D8%AE%DB%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%86%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8E%D8%AA%DA%A4%DB%8C-%D9%83%DB%95%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%95/ . dead .
2. News: Bi çavdêrya berêz"Şêx Şamo" qenepe bo holên laliş li Gundên Xoşaba û Doxata hatine dabînkirin . 19 December 2019 . Bingehê Laliş . ku . 19 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219144818/https://www.lalishduhok.com/ku/calakiyen-bingehe-lalis/post/bi-cavderya-berezsex-samo-qenepe-bo-holen-lalis-li-gunden-xosaba-u-doxata-hatine-dabinkirin/ . dead .
3. Web site: Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture. Saadi Azuo. Heerish. June 2016. Near East University. 2018-12-05.
4. Web site: The Struggle to Exist - Part I: An Introduction to the Assyrians and their Human Rights Situation in the New Iraq. February 2010. Assyria Council of Europe, Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. 2018-12-05.
5. Web site: Search Entry . 2022-05-08 . www.assyrianlanguages.org.