Maruf Khaznadar or Marif Xeznedar (Persian: مارف خەزنەدار; 1930–2010), is a contemporary Kurdish academic and writer.
In 1960, he was awarded a bursary to continue his studies at the Oriental Institute of Soviet Academy of Sciences in Leningrad and received his PhD in Kurdish literature in 1963.
In 1969, he began teaching at the Faculty of Literature of University of Baghdad and in 1972 he became head of its Kurdish Department and in 1979 he was promoted to the rank of Professor.
From 1970 to 1974, he also served as the editor of Kurdish journals Defteri Kurdewari and Nuseri Kurd.
He has published numerous books and articles in Kurdish, Arabic and Russian languages.