Lexical effects of Persian language on Khurasani Kormanji Kurdish

Persian language has been used in the vast country of Iran from long ago. This language has always attractedkings and courtiers because of its fluency, eloquence and simpleness; and it has always affected other Iranian languages. Kurdish language is one of the Iranian languages which because of its closeness to Persian languageand also because of formalness of Persian language in many the Kurd-settled areas, like other Iranian languages, has received a lot of effects from Persian language. One dialect of Kurdish language which has been used in a Persian-speaking environment and is more likely to be affected compared to otherKurdish dialects is Khurasani Kormanji Kurdish dialect which is branch of northern Kormanji. The main subject in this survey is the study of lexical effects of Persian language on Khurasani Kormanji dialect, and the objective is to identify the quality and level of the effects of Persian language on Khurasani Kormanji dialect of Kurdish language. This survey uses field study and library research methods, and the used tools are questionnaires and interviews. By studying popular and highly-used Khurasani Kormanji words, it was concluded that Persian language has been effective on this dialect, but these effects have been few. Out of 342 studied words that are popular in Khurassani Kormanji dialect, 23 words had been borrowed from Persian. On this basis, the ratio of Persian words in Khurasani Kormanji is 6.72%. In the study of popular expressions and phrases as well, was concluded that some of the popular Persian expressions and phrases have directly entered Khurasani Kormanji dialect; in some cases, their translations have entered this dialect, and in some other cases, their Persian equivalents have entered Khurasani Kormanji dialect. In this way, 40% of the popular expressions and phrases have been borrowed from Persian language, and 60% of them are Kurdish.