Khoshnaw

1. Well-known; 2. A kind of black grapes; 3. A Kurdish tribe in the Erbil region, the area where this tribe lives is called Khoshnawti.

Khaze

Red.

Nare

A Kurdish song. See Narin.

Lawen

1. Soft and firm; 2. Delicate roots, willow sapling; 3. baby; 4. The comforter; 5. A kind of plant with a flexible stem that doesn't break and grows on the banks of streams and is called Surabi. It is used to make baskets; 6. In Kurdish literature, Lawen is a source and symbol of softness, tenderness, beauty, and endurance; 7. It is the name of a road between Sna and Kermashan; 8. The name of a river that originates in Qandil and flows to sea; 9. A village in the Lajan area near Piranshahr; 10. A Kurdish tribe that used to live in Sharazur; Ibn Khaldun writes in Tarikh Barber that they are a Kurdish tribe living in Algeria; Sheikh Mohammed Mardokh wrote in his book, History of Kurds and Kurdistan, that this tribe may have migrated during the Mongol invasion of Kurdistan.

Tirma

A Kurdish area in the Kut region where Christians also lived. Ibn Rustam mentions the city of Kut the time before Islam in his book Al-Aghlaq al-Nafsiya, and the Failis lived there.

Lazha

Song.

Tokma

Strong.

Bwar

1. Spring; 2. The narrowness of water to allow traffic; 3. Opportunity.

Mamisa

1. An ancient Syriac name; 2. A tall plant like a poppy produces yellow flowers and fine black seeds good for the stomach. 3. The name of a village in the Badinan region in South Kurdistan.

Mitradad

Mitradad or Mehrdad was one of Astyages's shepherds whose wife's name was Spaka.