Zryab

1. Liquid gold; 2. Clean water; 3. He was a Kurdish musician from Bashik near ancient Nineveh or present-day Mosul. He lived during the Abbasid period. Zryab left the Abbasids in 825 AD and went to Andalusia. Abdulrahman son of Abdulhakim (206-238) made him his friend and gave him many gifts and offerings; Zryab was the son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim of Mosul, who was also a Kurd from Bashik and a great musician; Zryab was an oud player and he added the fifth string of the oud to the instrument; Flamingo music, which has a Kurdish base, is one of the immortal legacies of Zryab, who is also known as Kurdish in Spain.

Vahat

Rise, burst.

Vinda

1. Thirst and desire; 2. Someone who has a wish.

Gasha

1. Growth; 2. Progress; 3. Fresh fruit of grapevine; 4. Joy and happiness; 5. Fresh; 6. Smile; 7. Fresh vine branches; 8. Tall and self-make up.

Roskan

The name of a Kurdish tribe in the Haymani region near Ankara that was expelled to Bulgaria and Bosnia by the Ottomans.

Garnas

Expert in traveling, experienced.

Zarnj

1. The name of a village in Kurdistan; 2. A kind of flower that grows in the mountains.

Ieravan

Yerevan is the capital of Armenia, but there are many Kurds living there and they have given this name to their children. This name has reached the Kurds in other parts of the country.

Farkhi

The name of a yellow and sweet type of grape.

Atrodat

This is a Madian name and was the name of one of the famous Madians in the pre-Achaemenid period. However, Mohammad Sadiq Mirza says, in his book on Kurds and his plundered History: “Atrodat is a legendary name that the historian Ctesias chose for the father of Cyrus Achaemenid", which his weak point is he received from the written texts of the Persian empire, or from the language of the people heard it.