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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
belekî f water spring<br />
belengaz poor, destitute; ~î f poverty,<br />
destitution<br />
bélê yes<br />
belg m leaf<br />
belgih m suit, clothing; ~ girtin v.t. to<br />
garb oneself<br />
belkî maybe, perhaps<br />
ben = bend<br />
bend f bond; li ~a for the sake of,<br />
chained to, waiting for: divê em êdî li<br />
benda sibehê ranewestin we shouldn’t<br />
stand around waiting for tomorrow;<br />
~ kirin v.t. to fetter, arrest; man<br />
di ~a to wait for<br />
benderuh creature<br />
bendewar bûn bi to love, be in love<br />
with<br />
benzîn f gasoline<br />
beq m frog<br />
ber 1 m breast, fore; ber-dan see alphabetically;<br />
~ bi hev hatin v.i. to cooperate;<br />
~ê (ve) (adv.) before; ~î ku<br />
(conj.) before; ji ~ kirin v.t. to memorize;<br />
ji ~ jmartin v.t. to reel off from<br />
memory; ji ~ ku because (conj.); ji ~<br />
… ve (ccmp.) before; ji ~ zanîn v.t.<br />
to memorize; li ~ (prep.) before, on<br />
account of; li ~ (+ inf.) on the verge<br />
of: ew hêviya ku li ber geşbûnê bû<br />
çilmisî that hope, which was on the<br />
verge of blossoming, withered;<br />
wek(e) ~ê as before<br />
ber 2 m yield, fruit; ~ wergirtin ji to derive<br />
a yield from<br />
beramber equal, equivalent; ~î f equality;<br />
~î … kirin v.t. to compare to: wî<br />
ew beramberî Anton Çexov dikir he<br />
used to compare him to Anton Chekhov<br />
beran m ram<br />
ber-anîn (ber-în) v.t. to imagine<br />
berate f carcass<br />
berban m ceiling<br />
199<br />
berberî f comparison<br />
berbêjî f prediction<br />
berbiçav conspicuous<br />
berbihevhatin f cooperation<br />
berbînî f imaginary image, vision<br />
bercênîk ???<br />
berçav visible, clear, before the eyes; ~<br />
anin v.t. to pay attention<br />
ber-dan v.t. to release, let go; to put on<br />
(clothes); to close, stop, give up: dev<br />
~ ji to close the mouth to, stop, give<br />
up; ~ ser to direct toward; tiving ~ to<br />
fire a rifle at: xulamê wî ew da ber<br />
tifingê his servant fired the rifle at<br />
him; xwe ~ ser to turn oneself toward,<br />
direct oneself to<br />
berdest servant<br />
berdewam continual(ly), constant(ly); ~<br />
kirin v.t. to continue<br />
berdêl f equivalent; ji ~a instead of<br />
berdêlk = berdêl; bi ~ equivalent in<br />
value<br />
berebere more and more, ever more;<br />
gradually, little by little<br />
bereket m blessing; bi ~ luckily<br />
berev = berhev<br />
berf f snow<br />
berferih spacious; ~ kirin v.t. to open,<br />
initiate<br />
bergeh f view, vista<br />
berhem m product, literary work; ~bar<br />
productive<br />
berhev gathered, collected; ~ kirin v.t.<br />
to prepare, gather; xwe ~ kirin v.t. to<br />
pull oneself together<br />
berhevok f collection<br />
berik f bullet<br />
beriqîn v.i. to glisten<br />
berizîn bi v.i. to fight with, do battle<br />
with<br />
berî f pocket<br />
berîde perplexed, lost<br />
berîk f pocket<br />
ber-ketin v.i. to feel sad
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