traditionDeq
deq · Kurdish
From Syriac dyoqo, puncturing
| Where it goes | face, chin, neck, hands, feet, chest |
|---|---|
| Notes | Soot mixed with breast milk is the reported ink; a V on the face could say the tribe. |
| Ink | Soot and milk |
about 500 BCE – 2,026 · Older than the three religions of the region; now mostly on elderly faces
37.5000, 42.5000 · OpenStreetMap
What it is
Kurdistan: marks on women's faces, hands and feet, for protection, for health, and to say which tribe.
The long version
The word comes from Syriac dyoqo, puncturing — another tradition that names the tattoo after the movement of the needle. A male tattooist is deqqak, a female one deqqake; the practice predates Christianity, Yazidism and Islam in the region, and rules attach to it, including who may not receive it.
Connected to
- What the word means first Another word for tattoo that means to puncture.
- Amazigh marks The neighbouring tradition across North Africa.
Named here by
- Soot and milk Where it goes.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | Deq (tattoo) — Wikipedia (en) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, not machine-translated |
Sources
- Deq (tattoo) — Wikipedia (en)
- Kurds — Wikipedia (en)
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there