The plants of Kurdistan, by their Kurdish names.

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Thursday 5 November

Clove
CloveSyzygium aromaticumKurmanji: Mêxek

Clove trees were found in the islands of Indonesia (the Maluku Islands) thousands of years ago. Besides being used to improve the taste of food and drink, their dried flower buds have also been used to make many kinds of medicine. The name of the clove appears many times in Chinese texts from betwee

Did you know?In Kurmanji it is also called Qerenfil.
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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…

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