Jolamerg

A city in the Hakkari region of North Kurdistan.

Akhez

Half-standing up to show respect.

Pirman

It is the name of a mountain in the Ilam region.

Jamin

Forehead.

Qadifa/ Ghadifa

1. Velure pieces; 2. A kind of red flower.

Viana

1. In Kurmanji means: attractive, charming; 2. The name of a resort in the Bingol region; 3. The name of a small river in the Dersim region in North Kurdistan.

Yaghut

Ruby, an expensive red stone used for rings, earrings, and so on.

Faily

Several tribes of Kurds are originally from Ilam, but have been living in Baghdad for nearly 400 years and have moved there due to a lack of jobs and economic conditions in Iran; Some people think that Faily means: Feat Ali means: Followers of Imam Ali and changed the term over years; There is another idea that Kurdish laborers in Baghdad were called Pala and Fala and the word became popular. But most importantly, the Failis are the Kurds who speak the Kalhuri or Palawi dialect, which Arabs changed into Fahlavi. Because the Failis are Shiites, Saddam Hussein persecuted them for being Shiites, and thousands of them were killed and deported to Iran. See the word Palawan.

Martiya

According to the inscription of Bestun Mountain, it is the name of the Kurdish chieftain from Ilam who rebelled against Darius.

Mataw

1. Moonlight; 2. A kind of firework for Newroz night. This name was Persian (Mahtab) and was changed to Kurdish and made into Mataw, while the Persians do not call fireworks Mataw.

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