The plants of Kurdistan, by their Kurdish names.

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

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Monday 9 November

Iris
IrisIrisKurmanji: Sûsin

Because of their many colours and their fragrance, irises have found a place everywhere. For a long time they have been used to make medicines. They are very useful in the lives of all peoples: their fragrance is used to make floral water (gulav), and the floral water of Riha (Urfa) was famous throu

Did you know?It is related to the gladiolus, netted iris and saffron crocus.
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Before we come to the subject of the loss of names, we must set the phenomenon of the changing of names and surnames in a proper framework; it is worth saying that the changing…

Weysî Silêman Elî3 November 2026 · 7 min read

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