Zewka

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

Lava

1. A Kurmanji word meaning healing, pleading, and praying; 2. Young; 3. The name of a cave in the Hakkari region in North Kurdistan.

Haivin

Dear, beloved.

Fama

Passionate, intelligent, and understanding.

Miran

1. Plural of Mir, king; 2. Miran was the name of a nomadic Kurdish tribe in Kurdistan; In Kurdish, Mir is a short form of the title Amir and is different from the Persian word Amir, which means Sayyid.

Sharwin

1. The name of a castle in the Shirwan region of North Kurdistan; 2. The name of a mountain in Badinan, South Kurdistan.

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.

Nahi

1. A plant whose flowers are similar to a star; 2. The Morning Star.

Faranti

A precious stone like turquoise and ruby. See Chery name in the boys section.