Leila Nourani

Doudirk

It is a kind of knitted pattern made of sequin or crystal pearls to make necklaces, hand chains, and a bracelet-like ornament to tie Dasmal (a shawl to wrap around the shoulders in women's Kurdish dress) with it.

It is knitted with crystal or plastic pearls in a way that it looks like Dirdouk or Doudirk which is a kind of flower.

Dougma Khatounah

It is a kind of fine coin or Lira; it is dented and there is a woman's figure carved on it. It can be used as a necklace or sewn to Kilaw (Kurdish hat for Kurdish dress).

Dougma and Dolab

It is a kind of jewelry made of two parts. It should be sewn to the collar part of the Shoukhma (a vest-like piece of clothing). A part of it contains two coins or balls and there is one coin or ball on the other part. Nowadays, they use mineral and valuable stones, pearls, or gems that are surrounded by a thin layer of gold, silver, or Warsaw. There are some short chains hanging on it and at the end of the chains, there are smaller gold or silver coins attached to them. In the past, it was made only with coins or Lira and there were no chains attached to them.

Doupishk

It is a style of knitting pearls or sequins of blue, yellow, and black that will look like a scorpion (doupishk) and it is worn as a piece of jewelry.

Bin barmouroo/ larzaneh pin

It is a kind of pearl or sequin that is attached to other pearls and it is used as a pin to secure Gelgelah (a kind of scarf worn over Kurdish women's hat) to the Shadah (it is a kind of Kurdish scarf) or Charoka (a cloak worn by women) on the shoulders.

Barkojah pin/ Agrijah pin

It is a kind of pin to secure the hair.

Darzi/ Darzilah Barok

It is a kind of jewelry made of little balls with little chains hanging on them. There are two pins on each end to pin the chain to the Dasmal.

Darzi Barok Qubbah

It is a kind of Darzi Barok with two balls and two flower-like pieces and a chain. There are two hooks on each end of it and it is pinned to the chest or collar part of the dress.

Darzi Barishou

If there are chains hanging on the balls and at the end of each chain there are little bells and crescents, it is called Darzi barishou. There are two hooks on each end of the chain. It can be made of gold or silver.