Dimili

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Dimili is an alternative ethnonym historically used to refer to the Zaza people, an ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Anatolia in modern-day Turkey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dimili canonical 3
Dimilis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnonym ⓘ
alternativeNameFor Zaza people ⓘ
associatedGroupMinorityStatus ethnic minority in Turkey ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Zaza language ⓘ
associatedWithMigration Zaza diaspora in Europe ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Alevi Islam ⓘ
linked to: Alevism

Sunni Islam ⓘ
continentContext Asia ⓘ
countryAssociatedWith Turkey ⓘ
culturalSphere Anatolian highlands ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian Plateau

Kurdish-influenced cultural area ⓘ
demographicType ethnic designation ⓘ
ethnicCategory Iranian ethnic group ⓘ
ethnonymFor Zaza people ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Anatolia ⓘ
hasAlternativeEthnonym Dimili Kurds ⓘ
linked to: Hawrami people

Zaza ⓘ
hasCollectiveIdentity Zaza identity ⓘ
historicalUsage historically used as an ethnonym ⓘ
identityDebate part of debates on whether Zazas are Kurds ⓘ
isEndonymOrExonym primarily exonym ⓘ
languageContext Turkish context ⓘ
linguisticFamilyOfAssociatedGroup Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
modernStatus less common than ethnonym Zaza ⓘ
nameEtymologyStatus disputed ⓘ
notCommonlyUsedAs official designation in modern Turkey ⓘ
politicalSensitivity ethnic identity term in Turkey ⓘ
populationCenterRegion Adıyaman Province ⓘ
Bingöl Province ⓘ
Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Elazığ Province ⓘ
Erzincan Province ⓘ
Erzurum Province ⓘ
Sivas Province ⓘ
Tunceli Province ⓘ
Şanlıurfa Province ⓘ
refersTo Zaza people ⓘ
regionAssociatedWith eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Anatolia
relatedEthnicGroup Zaza people ⓘ
scriptUsedForName Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script ⓘ
sometimesConfusedWith Kurdish ethnonyms ⓘ
usagePeriod historical ⓘ
usedBy Ottoman-era sources ⓘ
neighboring Kurdish populations ⓘ
some Turkish sources ⓘ
usedIn eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Anatolia

modern-day Turkey ⓘ
linked to: present-day Turkey
usedToReferTo Zaza people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zaza people → ethnonym → Dimili ⓘ
Zaza people → ethnonym → Dimilis ⓘ
linked to: Dimili
Zazas → selfDesignation → Dimili ⓘ