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KURMANJI KURDISH<br />
today, are provided with running glosses beneath the texts, and the glosses<br />
in the readings are also contained in the Kurdish–English vocabulary at the<br />
end of the book. Words considered to be absolutely basic vocabulary are not<br />
glossed in the notes, since it is assumed that these words either are known<br />
already or will be actively acquired as they occur. Generally words are not<br />
glossed more than once in the notes because any word encountered a second<br />
time should be learned actively. Words are glossed after the first instance<br />
only if they are considered rare enough to warrant being ignored for acquisition.<br />
The readings and biographical sketches of authors have been taken<br />
mainly from Mehmet Uzun, Antolojiya Edebiyata Kurdî, 2 vols. (Istanbul:<br />
Tümzamanlar Yayıncılık, 1995), which may be consulted for further reading.<br />
The readings in Cyrillic Kurmanji, which have not been glossed but<br />
have a separate vocabulary at the end of the book, have been taken from<br />
R’ya T’eze, a Kurdish newspaper published in Armenia.<br />
For dictionaries of Kurmanji, the following may be consulted:<br />
Chyet, Michael L. Kurdish–English Dictionary. New Haven: Yale University<br />
Press, 2003.<br />
Галлиямов, Салават. Кордско–Башкордско–Англо–<br />
Русский Словарь. Ufa, 2000.<br />
İzoli, D. Ferheng Kurdi–Tırki Türkçe–Kürtçe. Istanbul: Deng Yayınları,<br />
1992. A comprehensive dictionary for those who know Turkish.<br />
Unfortunately the gender of Kurdish nouns is not indicated.<br />
Курдоев, К. К. Курдско-Русский Словарь. Moscow,<br />
1960.<br />
Rizgar, Baran. Kurdish–English English–Kurdish Dictionary. London:<br />
M. F. Onen, 1993. With around 25,000 Kurdish words and phrases,<br />
this is a useful dictionary for reading.<br />
Saadallah, Salah. Saladin’s English–Kurdish Dictionary. Istanbul:<br />
Avesta, 2000. Contains around 80,000 entries.<br />
Цаболов, Руслан Лазарович. Этимологический Словарь Курдсково<br />
Языка. Moscow: Восточная Литература, 2001.<br />
For on-line and downloadable dictionaries and word lists for Kurdish and<br />
a variety of languages, see www.ferheng.org.<br />
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