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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
bêj- → gotin<br />
bêje f word: ~ bi ~ word by word; ~r<br />
speaker<br />
bêjing f sieve<br />
bêkar unemployed; ~î f unemployment<br />
bêkes lonely, alone, unprotected<br />
bê li prep. without<br />
bêmane fearful, dreadful<br />
bêmecalî f lack of opportunity<br />
bêminet relentless(ly)<br />
bênamus dishonorable<br />
bênav nameless, unnamed<br />
bênavbirî incessant<br />
bênihtin v.i. to freeze<br />
bênîşan spotless<br />
bêpar deprived<br />
bêpejnî f tranquility<br />
bêpîvan immeasurable<br />
bêr. See xêr.<br />
bêrî f longing; ~ kirin v.t. to long for,<br />
miss<br />
bêrik = bêrîk<br />
bêrîk f pocket; wek hundirê bêrika<br />
şalê xwe nasîn to know something<br />
“like the back of one’s hand”<br />
Bêrûd f Beirut<br />
bêsedem without reason, unprovoked<br />
bê serûbin endless<br />
bêşerm shameless; ~î f shamelessness<br />
bêşik doubtless<br />
bêtar storm<br />
bêtaw impatient, restless<br />
bêtir more<br />
bêtîn powerless, weak<br />
bêvil, bêvîl f nose, nostril<br />
bêxanî homeless<br />
bê xayî limitless<br />
bêxeber unaware (ji of); ji her derî ~<br />
totally oblivious<br />
bêxew sleepless, suffering from insomnia;<br />
~î f sleeplessness, lack of sleep<br />
bêxudan = bêxwedî<br />
bêxweda godless, damned<br />
bêxwedî godless, ownerless, orphaned,<br />
201<br />
poor, lonely<br />
bêyî = bêî<br />
bêzarî f nuisance, headache<br />
bêzaro childless<br />
bi- subjunctive prefix<br />
bi … re (ccmp.; bi + wî/wê > pê) by,<br />
with, upon: bi tirên re by train; bi min<br />
re with me; bi bihîstina deng re upon<br />
hearing the sound<br />
bi … ve (ccmp.; bi + wî/wê > pê)<br />
through, up to: ji wê rojê pê ve from<br />
that day to this<br />
bi- subjunctive verbal prefix<br />
biaqil intelligent, smart; ~î f intelligence<br />
biçûk little; ~anî f childhood, youth<br />
bidardakirin → dar<br />
biha bûn v.i. to be valuable<br />
bihar f spring, springtime; ~î pertaining<br />
to spring<br />
bihin = bêhn; bi ~ with odor, with fragrance;<br />
~dar fragrant<br />
bihişmet magnificent<br />
bihişt f paradise; ~în paradisiacal, heavenly<br />
bihîstin bihîs-/bihîz- v.t. to hear, listen<br />
bihn = bêhn 1<br />
bihorîn v.i. to pass<br />
bihostin v.t. ???<br />
bihuk insect<br />
bihurandîn bihurîn- v.t. to spend<br />
(time): ew zaroktiya xwe li Kurdistana<br />
Bakûr bihurandiye he spent his<br />
childhood in North Kurdistan<br />
bihurtin bihur- v.i. to pass, be spent<br />
bihuşt f span. See also bihişt.<br />
bihûr- = bihurbijarte<br />
choice, select<br />
bijartin bijêr- v.t. to choose<br />
bijiqandin v.t. to tear to shreds<br />
bijîjk m physician<br />
bijîn lively<br />
bijîv f sustenance<br />
bikaranîn → kar<br />
bikêr useful
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