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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Today’s flower

Monday 12 October

Clover
CloverTrifoliumKurmanji: NefelSorani: WênceBadini: WînceZazaki: Hargud

Besides the greenness and beauty of its colourful flowers, clover is one of the best kinds of animal fodder in the world, and for this reason it is widely grown in most countries. What remains of it is also counted among the best natural fertilisers for loosening and enriching farmland.

Did you know?In Sorani it is also called Şewer.
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