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front vowel. The letter i is a near-close, near-front vowel. Both vowels are unrounded.
Because of the proximity of both vowels, this rhyme may be considered a feature rhyme.
(169) bê zar u xet u xwendin, li nav xelkê dewarin. (CX3:6, 8)
her dem dikin mitala, daxwaz ji wan re havîn.
There were four other vowel feature rhymes that were fairly close, all from
different poems. In example (170), there is a rhyme between û and u in the words nebû,
vebû and sebu. Both vowels are rounded. The letter û is a back, close vowel, while u is a
near-back, near-close vowel. These vowels are basically the same distance from one
another as the vowels in first example, i and î. In example (171), ê and î are a feature
rhyme in the rhyme of Kurdistanê ket and bistanî ket. In this case î, at the end of bistanî,
is a little more distant from ê at the end of Kurdistanê. However, both vowels have the
features of being unrounded and front. The only difference is that ê is a close-mid vowel,
while î is a close vowel. The feature rhyme also works due to it being in a four-syllable
sequence.
(170) ew bidestê xu bal qatil nebû (AN4:9-11)
dergihê fitna ‘iraqê buyî vebû
bu fesada ‘alemê nê ew sebu
(171) agir bi Kurdistanê ket lewra haware dil; (CX1:1, 2)
sed baẍ u sed bistanî ket manendî bilbil jare dil
Slightly more distant from one another are the rhymes of e and i. The two
instances where these feature rhymes were found are below in examples (172), where the
rhymed words are serbu and girbu, and (173), where the rhymed words are alvina, ‘ena
and mewtena. Both vowels are unrounded. The letter e is a front-to-central vowel and the
letter i is a near-front vowel. Where they differ more is in closeness. The letter i is nearclose
but e is between open-mid and near-open.
(172) çi çaxek bu wî dest pê kir ku Kurdî hîngê bê serbu (BS7:10, 11)
kewek bu lê neçu ravê ji kewgiran nekew girbu
(173) ḧeqe ku ew dar u alvina ya bizeḧmeye u renc u ‘ena (AN3:13, 14)
teşbîhî kepirêt mewtena jê barkirin şula meye
Regarding example (173), one may consider that the rhyme is only one syllable,
na. However, I have two reasons for considering this to be a feature rhyme. First, there