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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
dilovaniya nivîskarê dilovan bi salekê<br />
a year before the dear writer passed<br />
away<br />
diltezîn ???<br />
din other<br />
di nav … de ccmp. in the midst of: di<br />
nav wî erdî de in the midst of that<br />
land<br />
dinê = dinyayê (see dinya)<br />
dinya f (obl. dinyayê, dinê) the world,<br />
the weather: dinya pirr sar bû the<br />
weather was very cold; bi ~yê hatin<br />
v.i. to be born; ~dîtî worldly, sophisticated<br />
diran (dial. var.) = didan<br />
dirb track, path<br />
dirêj long, lengthy; ~ ajotin to last a<br />
long time; ~ kirin to lengthen; ~î f<br />
length; ~î … kirin to hand to …;<br />
dest ~ … kirin to stretch the hand out<br />
to<br />
diriyan v.i. to be ripped<br />
divabû, diviyabû (impersonal + pres.<br />
subj.) had to: diviyabû ku tiştekî bikin<br />
they had to do something; (impersonal<br />
+ past cond.) ought to have …, was<br />
supposed to have …, would have to<br />
…: diviyabû Sovyet ji Îranê derketa<br />
the Soviet ought to (was supposed to)<br />
have withdrawn from Iran, divabû ku<br />
ew kêzik bihata kuştin that bug would<br />
have to be killed<br />
divê (impersonal + pres. subj.) ought to<br />
dixan f smoke<br />
diyar clear; ~î f clarity<br />
diyarî f gift<br />
Diyarbekir f Diyarbekir<br />
diz m thief<br />
dizî secret, concealed; bi ~ secretly,<br />
stealthily; ~tî f secret<br />
dî other; yê ~ the other one<br />
dîl m prisoner; ~ girtin v.t. to take prisoner;<br />
~î f imprisonment<br />
dîlan f dance, dancing<br />
209<br />
dîmen f view, sight, aspect<br />
dîn 1 m religion; ~itî f religiosity; ~î,<br />
~dar religious; ~perwer religious<br />
dîn 2 crazy, mad; ~ bûn li ser to go crazy<br />
over; ~ kirin to drive s.o. crazy; ~ik<br />
slightly crazy, “screw loose”; ~itî f<br />
madness<br />
dîn 3 f gaze, attention<br />
dîrok f story, history; ~î historical<br />
dîsa(n) again, (+ neg) still…not<br />
dîtin bîn- v.t. to see<br />
dîwan f reception room; collected works<br />
of a poet; ~çe f (obl ~çê) small reception<br />
room<br />
dîwar f (obl dîwêr) wall<br />
dîz knee<br />
dîzik f pan<br />
do = dû<br />
dol valley<br />
dom kirin v.t. to continue<br />
doman v.i. to continue<br />
domandin domîn- v.t. to continue<br />
dor 1 f environs; li ~a (prep.) around;<br />
~hêl f environs, parts, region; ~a …<br />
girtin v.t. to surround<br />
dor 2 m turn; ~alî f circumference<br />
dorandor m circumference; li ~ê (prep.)<br />
all around<br />
dost friend; ~ane friendly; ~ayetî f<br />
friendship<br />
doş- → dotin<br />
doşab m/f grape molasses ???<br />
doşeg f mattress<br />
doşik = doşeg<br />
dot f daughter; ~mam f cousin<br />
dotin doş- v.t. to milk<br />
doz f cause, reason; aim, ideal; revenge;<br />
~a … kirin to aim for; ~ger vengeful,<br />
litigant<br />
du two<br />
du‘a f prayer; ~ kirin, ~ xwendin v.t. to<br />
pray<br />
ducar kirin v.t. to repeat<br />
dudil hesitant, of two minds; ~î f hesita-
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