The flowers of Kurdistan, by their Kurdish names.

Every flower with its names in each Kurdish dialect, when it blooms, and its story.

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Monday 26 October

Poppy
PoppyPapaverKurmanji: Bûkegul

Many poppy species are grown in gardens for their beauty. Some have been used since ancient times to make medicines — especially Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, which is still widely grown around the world for making medicines. It is worth mentioning that the Sumerians domesticated this flower

Did you know?In Kurmanji it is also called Bûkîk and Bîtanok.
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