I'm not aware of any. It is probably just a derogatory term. In what context is it used?
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If you want to hear his voice: Here's a recording of the story of the death of Maphrian Baselios Shem'un and the kurdish Lawij poem. You can even hear him sing the first stanza at 13:55 youtu.be/8ZHA9mK3qFs?...
Malfono Asmar Qashisho - Mafiryono Sham'un (Ritter)For more songs, subscribe and go to : http://zmirothosuryoyotho.weebly.com/FACEBOOK PAGE : http://www.face...
This copyist (Asmar Elkhoury) was one of the Turoyo informants of Helmut Ritter and the author of a Syriac-Turoyo dictionary called ܡܗܕܝܢܐ. He passed away in Sweden
If there is anyone who does not know and knows that he does not know and says that he does not know, teach him and if there is anyone who does not know and says that he knows, reproach him."
The contents of this collection kept in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), have been described in an inventory to be published shortly by Giovanni Gomiero, Carlo Emilio Biuzzi, Andrea Schmidt and myself. A separate article will be devoted to the microfilm of this very manuscript.
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