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| name = Ain Sifni
| native_name = {{lang-ku|‘Eyn Sifnî}}
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'''Ain Sifni''' ({{lang-syc|ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢܐ}}, {{lang-ar|عين سفني}}, {{lang-ku|‘Eyn Sifnî}}, also called Shekhan) is an [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] village. It is also one of the primary holy towns of the [[Yazidis]] and the seat of the [[Shekhan District]] in the [[Ninawa Governorate|Ninawa]] province in [[Iraq]].<ref name=capi>{{cite web|title=Basic information about Shekhan District|url=http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|website=Christian Aid Program in Iraq |accessdate=October 7, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425080258/http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|archivedate=April 25, 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>

The town is mainly populated by Kurds (Muslims and Yazidis), and a small minority of [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]. The Kurdish dialect of [[Kurmanji]], along with Arabic and [[Neo-Aramaic]] are spoken in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you did not know about Iraq’s Yazidi minority|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html|accessdate=October 7, 2014|work=Al Arabiya News|agency=Al Arabiya Institute for Studies|publisher=Al Arabiya Network|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Prior to the [[Kurdistan]], the town was the second largest population center of the [[Yezidi]] Kurds.

==History==
Beginning on August 10, 2014, Yazidi refugees have been fleeing to the town and Lalish from [[Sinjar]] through [[Syria]] after the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] placed that [[Sinjar massacre|city under siege]].<ref name=ttg0>{{cite news|title=Iraq crisis: the last stand of the Yazidis against Islamic State|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11029765/Iraq-crisis-the-last-stand-of-the-Yazidis-against-Islamic-State.html|accessdate=August 14, 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name=csm>{{cite news|last1=Soguel|first1=Dominique|title=World Middle East A sanctuary for Iraqi Yazidis – and a plea for Obama's intervention|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0812/A-sanctuary-for-Iraqi-Yazidis-and-a-plea-for-Obama-s-intervention|accessdate=August 13, 2014|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name=ttg>{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Richard|title=Iraq dispatch: terrified Yazidi people seek refuge inside holy temple|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11030445/Iraq-dispatch-terrified-Yazidi-people-seek-refuge-inside-holy-temple.html|accessdate=August 13, 2014|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|date=August 13, 2014}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name of the town comes from [[Aramaic]], the language spoken by the native people of the town, the Assyrians. Its name comes from the words "aina," meaning "[water] spring," and "sapanna," meaning "sailor." The name of the town means "[water] spring of the sailor."

==See also==
[[Shekhan District]]
[[Assyrian people|Assyrian]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Nineveh Plains}}

{{Districts of Iraq}}

[[Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate]]
[[Category:District capitals of Iraq]]
[[Category:Assyrian settlements]]

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 }}
-'''Ain Sifni''' ({{lang-syc|ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢܐ}}, {{lang-ar|عين سفني}}, {{lang-ku|‘Eyn Sifnî}}, also called Shekhan) is an [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] village. It is also one of the primary holy towns of the [[Yazidis]] and the seat of the [[Shekhan District]] in the [[Ninawa Governorate|Ninawa]] province in [[Iraq]].<ref name=capi>{{cite web|title=Basic information about Shekhan District|url=http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|website=Christian Aid Program in Iraq |accessdate=October 7, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425080258/http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|archivedate=April 25, 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
+'''Ain Sifni''' ({{lang-syc|ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢܐ}}, {{lang-ar|عين سفني}}, {{lang-ku|‘Eyn Sifnî}}, also called Shekhan) is an [[Chaldean people|Chaldean]] village. It is also one of the primary holy towns of the [[Yazidis]] and the seat of the [[Shekhan District]] in the [[Ninawa Governorate|Ninawa]] province in [[Iraq]].<ref name=capi>{{cite web|title=Basic information about Shekhan District|url=http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|website=Christian Aid Program in Iraq |accessdate=October 7, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425080258/http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/Data3/Shekhan.pdf|archivedate=April 25, 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
-The town is mainly populated by Kurds (Muslims and Yazidis), and a small minority of [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]].  The Kurdish dialect of [[Kurmanji]], along with Arabic and [[Neo-Aramaic]] are spoken in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you did not know about Iraq’s Yazidi minority|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html|accessdate=October 7, 2014|work=Al Arabiya News|agency=Al Arabiya Institute for Studies|publisher=Al Arabiya  Network|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Prior to the [[Kurdistan]], the town was the second largest population center of the [[Yezidi]] Kurds.
+The town is mainly populated by Kurds (Muslims and Yazidis), and a small minority of [[Chaldean people|Chaldeans]].  The Kurdish dialect of [[Kurmanji]], along with Arabic and [[Neo-Aramaic]] are spoken in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you did not know about Iraq’s Yazidi minority|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html|accessdate=October 7, 2014|work=Al Arabiya News|agency=Al Arabiya Institute for Studies|publisher=Al Arabiya  Network|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Prior to the [[Kurdistan]], the town was the second largest population center of the [[Yezidi]] Kurds.
 ==History==
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 ==Etymology==
-The name of the town comes from [[Aramaic]], the language spoken by the native people of the town, the Assyrians. Its name comes from the words "aina," meaning "[water] spring," and "sapanna," meaning "sailor." The name of the town means "[water] spring of the sailor."
+The name of the town comes from [[Aramaic]], the language spoken by the native people of the town, the Chaldeans. Its name comes from the words "ea na," meaning "[water] spring," and "sapanna," meaning "sailor." The name of the town means "[water] spring of the sailor."
 ==See also==
 [[Shekhan District]]
-[[Assyrian people|Assyrian]]
+[[Chaldean people|Chaldean]]
 ==References==
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 [[Category:District capitals of Iraq]]
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Ain Sifni - Revision history

SunRise4ever at 15:14, 7 August 2015

Cydebot: Robot - Speedily moving category Populated places in Nineveh Province to :Category:Populated places in Nineveh Governorate per CFDS.