Assertion: assyrian genocide | /r/Synonym | sayfo
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: based on the modern assyrian
type: OTHER
value: in english-language sources
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Assyrian Genocide (also known as Sayfo or Seyfo; Aramaic: ܩܛܠܐ ܕܥܡܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ or ܣܝܦܐ , Turkish: Süryani Soykırımı) was committed against the Assyrian population of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War by the Young Turks.
text: The Assyrian genocide is sometimes also referred to as Sayfo or Seyfo in English-language sources, based on the modern Assyrian (Mesopotamian neo-Aramaic) designation Saypā (ܣܝܦܐ), "sword", pronounced as Seyfo or Sayfo in the Western dialect (the term abbreviates Syriac: ܫܢܬܐ ܕܣܝܦܐ‎,
text: The Assyrian genocide (Syriac: ܩܛܠܥܡܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ‎, romanized: Qṭālʿammā Sūryāyā), also known as Sayfo or Seyfo (ܣܝܦܐ, literally meaning "sword"; see below) was the mass slaughter of the Assyrian population of the Ottoman Empire and those in neighbouring Persia by Ottoman troops during the First World War, in conjunction with the Armenian and Greek genocides.