Midiya

1. Mad, Media, the name of the Median state; 2. The place where the Medes lived; The Medes were of Indo-European descent and moved from the eastern Caspian Sea to the northwestern mountains of Iran in the ninth century BC. They gradually gained control over their neighbors by the end of the eighth century BC, established an independent government, and subjugated the Persian nation with the present city of Hagmatana or Hakmtan (Ecbatana) as their capital, but were defeated by Cyrus the Achaemenid in 550 BC. The word Mad later became May during the Sassanid period and then the Arabs changed it to Mah.

Santas

A Median commander in charge of the infantry of Cyrus the Achaemenid.

Khonas

1. Self-knowledge, ourselves; 2. Familiar; 3. An animal or poultry that is owned.

Elan

Nest.

Zhalasa/ Jalasa

1. Zhala under shade; 2. A village in Kurdistan.

Gullaw

Rosewater.

Baniya

Baniyan, high plain, high place.

Lutka

Top of the mountain, summit.

Jasr

1. Brave; 2. Tall.

Yaghut

Ruby, an expensive red stone used for rings, earrings, and so on.