Palkan

The Palakan are the oldest urban tribe and the oldest Kurdish tribe that were exiled to Khorasan during the reign of Shah Abbas Safavid.

Vazhin/ Vajin

Revival.

Langar

1. Stopping, when flying or dancing; 2. Anchor; 3. Restraint and standing in high and narrow places; 4. Disabled; 5. When birds stop flying in the air.

Yade

1. Mother; 2. The word for calling mom; 3. A Kurdish song.

Varin

1. Loneliness; 2. Missed.

Bashik

1. Holy House; 2. A place of love; 3. Yazidi religious holy place; 4. An old Kurdish town, inhabited by two tribes (Bashik and Bazan), or rebuilt by the two tribes. Bashik is located 25 kilometers east of Mosul, where Kurds, Yazidis, Goran, Shabaks, and some Assyrians live. The city has an old history of being attacked by the Tatars, Mongols, and Ottomans throughout Kurdistan and has been damaged many times. Bashik is a sacred religious place for the Yazidis and contains many ancient shrines dating back to before the birth of Jesus Christ; The fascist Ba'athist regime tried to make it an Arab settlement and changed its name to Baashiqa, but fortunately, because of the US attack on Iraq, it failed and the area fell back to the control of the Kurdish government.

Khoshik

It is a mountain near the Bamo mountain where there is a nice spring called Qaman.

Gasha

1. Growth; 2. Progress; 3. Fresh fruit of grapevine; 4. Joy and happiness; 5. Fresh; 6. Smile; 7. Fresh vine branches; 8. Tall and self-make up.

Bruska

Briska, shining. Bruska is used in Kurdish for telegraph.

Khase

Nice, good.

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