Zhala/ Jala

A bitter evergreen tree with leaves like willow leaves but slightly wider and bearing red and white flowers; Zhala is the name of two villages in Sangaw and Tanjaro regions; South Kurdistan, especially Badinan, has wildling willow trees.

Qars/ Ghars

1. Angry; 2. A city and area in North Kurdistan.

Yasna

Feast; part of the larger part of the Avesta, the prophet Zoroaster's collection of religious hymns.

Paronik

Trenches around the house, in ancient times, were dug for protection and to mark the boundaries of the house.

Zhazhak/ Jajak

Gum.

Manay

1. Indestructible, eternal; 2. In Hawrami Man: means family and place, such as Hawraman: means the family or dynasty of the Ahura Mazda; 3. In the Gathas of Zoroaster, which is written in the Kalhuri, Hawrami, Jafi, and Snai dialects, Mana or Manay, signifies Lord and God; 4. Manay is the name of a resort in Hawraman.

Gullzar

Flower gardens, grass, and greenery full of flowers.

Limo

Lemon; A yellow, sour fruit of the orange family. There are two types, large and small, the smaller of which is dried and used in food.

Matin

1. wise; 2. Dignified, good behavior; 3. A mountain near Bamarni in the Badinan region of South Kurdistan.

Flun

A village near the Amokan in the Harir Plain in the Shaqlawa region.