Mawiyan

A village in the Belawar region near Kamyaran in East Kurdistan.

Fro

A strong food in the form of cheese, made from the milk of freshly born cows, sheep or goats.

Lazo

Laso, O beautiful, O young.

Bahast

Alert, awake, aware.

Khanil

Khanik and Khanil were the names of two Kurdish tribes in Shiraz, which date back to the Sassanid period and later migrated to other parts of Kurdistan, most of which were destroyed by the Turks and Arabs. The great geographer Estakhri wrote in 340 AH: There are so many Kurdish families in Shiraz that they cannot be counted; Ibn Huql wrote in 367 AH: The Kurds of Fars or Shiraz are more than 100 tribes, of which I have written the names of more than 30: Khasrwi, Shakani, Stamiri, Azarkani, Bandadmiri, Ramani, Miraki, Shahoyi, etc; In 375 AH, Moqdisi wrote in the cover of his book (Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rafa al-Qalim): There are 33 Kurdish tribes living in Fars, numbering 500 families; Ibn Balkhi wrote in Farsnama: The glory of the Persian army is due to the presence of the Kurds; Yaquti Hamawi mentioned Shahre Kord of Shiraz in the sixth century AH and many other writers mentioned the Kurds of Shiraz or Fars around the Sassanids because before the Arab invasion, Shiraz was the residence of the Kurds who lived there from the Medes to the Sassanids.

Mande

A plant in the form of a Halz that is added to cheese and eaten by cattle too.

Khalan

1. The plural of the word (khal), meaning trench; 2. Animal in the plain; 3. The names of two villages in Balakay in South Kurdistan; 4. Breaking hands and legs.

Nozhin

A new life, revival

Prdika

The daughter of the Median ruler Atropates in 324 BC, coinciding with Alexander the Great's invasion of Iran.

Hawler

1. Very good, great; 2. An ancient Kurdish city in South Kurdistan dating back to 6000 BC; 3. The ancient name of this city (Erbil) which in Syriac means: Arba'ila means: surrounded fortress.