Niyar

1. Place of preaching; 2. A village in the Hawraman region between Sna (Sanandaj) and Marivan in East Kurdistan.

Zewka

The name of two villages in Iraqi Kurdistan that were destroyed by the Baathists.

Warshang

1. Beautiful, like the sun; 2. The nickname of Tahira Khanm Rahimov, a Kurdish singer from Tajikistan, who was expelled during the Ottoman period.

Gawran

1. A plain in Kurdistan near Diyarbakir with a lot of oil; 2. The name of a Kurdish village and tribe in Kurdistan.

Lailan

1. Deserts and plains; 2. Moonlight.

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.

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.

Chakwan

Someone who owns and works with weapons.

Fresh

See Asrin in Girl's name.

Nada

A fruit that ripens early.