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"2": "zza",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "qfa-sub",
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},
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},
"expansion": "North Caucasian",
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"args": {
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"2": "Dimlî"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Zazaki Zaza, though ultimately likely an exonym of non-Iranian substrate (possibly North Caucasian) origin as the term Zaza is considered derogatory. Zazas prefer to call their language Dimlî, which could be related to the Iranian tribe Daylamites.",
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},
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"A member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey."
],
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],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zaza",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "զազա"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dužik",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "դուժիկ"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Dımıl (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Kırmanc (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Zaza (diq)"
}
],
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"Zaza"
]
}
],
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},
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"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "զազա"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "dužik",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "դուժիկ"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Dımıl (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Kırmanc (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority of Iranian origin in eastern Turkey",
"word": "Zaza (diq)"
}
],
"word": "Zaza"
}
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