Chatun

1. Rebellious; 2. Difficult.

Haiv

The moon of the sky, the month of the year.

Lawk

1. Long and old songs; 2. A type of old Kurdish rhythm; Lawk has different forms and types of content that tell of epic and real events. This type has been sung by famous singers such as Kaws Agha, Hassan Jaziri, Arif Jaziri, Iissa Barwari, Maryam Khan, and others. Also, lawk means boy in Kurmanji. The Greek Xenophon, came to Iran in 401 BC at the invitation of Cyrus son of Darius. When returned to Greece with 12,000 soldiers, fought in Kurdistan from 355 to 430 AD! Xenophon says in Return when the Kardokhis wanted to attack us, they sang a kind of enthusiastic song that had no rhythm!” According to Xenophon, this enthusiastic song is probably the same song that remains in Kurdistan today and has a free rhythm.

Khayal

1. Thought; 2. Inappropriate things.

Zrisk

Zrshk, is a short tree that bears black and sour fruit.

Yashma

Silk piece.

Taha

Unique and rare.

Yawan

1. Land, dry; 2. Yawan is the plural of Yawa. See the word yawa.

Wasan

1. Thus; 2. Failure; 3. Exhaustion; 4. The suffix of the village of Sheikh Wasan in the Balisan region of Kurdistan.

Chawder

Someone who monitors something.

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