Zarya

Sea

Tokma

Strong.

Mandak

The name of one of the Median kings that was called Mandax by the Greeks.

Laile

1. The love of the famous Majnun; 2. The name of several Kurdish songs.

Shahen

1. Hawk, a hunting bird with beautiful eyes; 2. A kind of tree.

Shawrang

A precious black stone.

Vajan/ Vazhan

Heat, warmth.

Khayal

1. Thought; 2. Inappropriate things.

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.

Heshu

Grapes cluster.

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