Smko

It is a short form for Smayil (Ismail); In Kurdish, the letter O (ۆ) is a suffix for male and means love to little ones, such as Dimo, Jamo, and Smko; Smko is the nickname of Smayil Agha Shkak, who was the chief of the Shkak tribe in East Kurdistan who revolted against the Reza Shah's government in the hope of liberating Kurdistan and fought against the Iranian army. On June 20, 1930, he was shot by Reza Khan's soldiers and was martyred for the liberation of Kurdistan. Smayil Sharifzadeh, who was killed by Reza Pahlavi's soldiers in Darena near Bana city, was called Smko.

Chiyana

Cool places, the name of a village, there are many Chiyana in Kurdistan, including Sna(Sanandaj), Piranshahr, Naghdeh, and Urmia, all of which are Kurdish cities.

Jwana

1. Nice; 2. Young; 3. Cute; 4. A Kurdish song.

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.

Khanil

Khanik and Khanil were the names of two Kurdish tribes in Shiraz, which date back to the Sassanid period and later migrated to other parts of Kurdistan, most of which were destroyed by the Turks and Arabs. The great geographer Estakhri wrote in 340 AH: There are so many Kurdish families in Shiraz that they cannot be counted; Ibn Huql wrote in 367 AH: The Kurds of Fars or Shiraz are more than 100 tribes, of which I have written the names of more than 30: Khasrwi, Shakani, Stamiri, Azarkani, Bandadmiri, Ramani, Miraki, Shahoyi, etc; In 375 AH, Moqdisi wrote in the cover of his book (Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rafa al-Qalim): There are 33 Kurdish tribes living in Fars, numbering 500 families; Ibn Balkhi wrote in Farsnama: The glory of the Persian army is due to the presence of the Kurds; Yaquti Hamawi mentioned Shahre Kord of Shiraz in the sixth century AH and many other writers mentioned the Kurds of Shiraz or Fars around the Sassanids because before the Arab invasion, Shiraz was the residence of the Kurds who lived there from the Medes to the Sassanids.

Zhaman/ Jaman

1. Church bells; 2. The name of a village in North Kurdistan; 3. Plural of the word (zham) which means a meal; 4. Eat at the appointed time.

Qalkhan/ Ghalkhan

Shield.

Warshaw

An alloy of copper and silver that is shiny and does not deteriorate, and is used to make trays, spoons, forks, and so on.

Ataran

The plural of the word "Atar" (fire).

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.