Mazin

A village in the Wan region in North Kurdistan.

Pirman

It is the name of a mountain in the Ilam region.

Mandan

1. Dark huts in the mountains; 2. The name of the daughter of the king of Media and the mother of Cyrus the Achaemenid, who was of the Median tribe; 3. The name of a village in the Barzan region of South Kurdistan.

Wana

1. Lessons; 2. A suffix: Dastawana (gloves); 3. A suffix meaning them.

Leshaw

A lot of water, powerful water.

Shanga

1. Beautiful and charming; 2. Strong.

Hazhand/ Hajand

Strange.

Quring/ Ghuring

A bird in the shape of an eagle. It is a lot in Kurdistan in summer and it leaves in winter.

Zryab

1. Liquid gold; 2. Clean water; 3. He was a Kurdish musician from Bashik near ancient Nineveh or present-day Mosul. He lived during the Abbasid period. Zryab left the Abbasids in 825 AD and went to Andalusia. Abdulrahman son of Abdulhakim (206-238) made him his friend and gave him many gifts and offerings; Zryab was the son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim of Mosul, who was also a Kurd from Bashik and a great musician; Zryab was an oud player and he added the fifth string of the oud to the instrument; Flamingo music, which has a Kurdish base, is one of the immortal legacies of Zryab, who is also known as Kurdish in Spain.

Akhez

Half-standing up to show respect.

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