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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
ephone, and Telegraph<br />
pûç useless, unuseable<br />
pûk f snowstorm, blizzard<br />
pûrt f hair, fur, pelt; ~ û per feathery<br />
coat<br />
pûtperest idolator; ~î f idolatry<br />
PZ = piştî zayînê anno domini (AD)<br />
qaçaxçî m smuggler<br />
qad f field, place; ~a şer field of battle<br />
qaf f head<br />
qahf m cave, cavern<br />
qail bûn to accept (bi)<br />
qal f statement; ~ kirin v.t. to state; ~ û<br />
ceng f fight<br />
qalçikdayî frostbitten ???<br />
qalik m shell, husk<br />
qalind thick, fat<br />
qam f stature, height; measurement for<br />
the height of the sun in the sky<br />
qamçî m whip<br />
qamiş reed<br />
qanser f cancer<br />
qanûn f law<br />
qarîn v.i. to cry bitterly<br />
qasid m messenger, envoy<br />
qasî ku as much as<br />
qatil m murderer<br />
qayiş, qayîş f strap, thong, belt; rivalry,<br />
competition; bi … re ketin ~ê to<br />
compete against: te digot qey ew bi<br />
min re ketibû qayîşê you’d think he<br />
was in competition with me<br />
qaymeqam m provincial governor<br />
qaz m goose<br />
qazaxî f butane<br />
qe no, none, at all: ez qe naxwênim I<br />
don’t read at all<br />
qebûl kirin v.t. to accept; wek … hatin<br />
qebûlkirin to be accepted as<br />
qedandin v.t. to finish, to <strong>complete</strong><br />
qedeh f cup, goblet<br />
qeder 1 m amount; ~ê … for the length<br />
of …<br />
233<br />
qeder 2 f fate, destiny<br />
qedexe f prohibition; (adj) prohibited; ~<br />
kirin to prohibit, to ban<br />
qedir m worth; qedrê … zanîn to appreciate;<br />
qedrê xwe girtin to esteem<br />
oneself; ~gir appreciative, estimable<br />
qediyan v.i. to end, be finished<br />
qefilandin v.t. to tire<br />
qefilîn v.i. to get tired<br />
Qefqasya f the Caucasus<br />
qefsing f breastbone<br />
qehbik f harlot<br />
qehbîtî = qehpetî<br />
qeherîn (dial. var.) = qehirîn<br />
qehir f wrath, rage;<br />
qehirîn v.i. to get angry (ji at)<br />
qehpe f prostitute; ~tî f prostitution<br />
qehwe f coffee<br />
qelaş split open, wounded<br />
qelaştin -qelêş- v.t. to split, split open;<br />
qelaştina cerahî surgical incision<br />
qelaw fat<br />
qelem f pen<br />
qelemrew m realm<br />
qelew (dial. var.) = qelaw<br />
qelêş- → qelaştin<br />
qelişandin qelişîn- v.t. to split, cleave<br />
qelişîn v.i. to be split<br />
qelizandin v.t. to make disappear; xwe<br />
~ to slip away<br />
qelîşt f crack<br />
qels weak: kultura devkî ya Kurdî xurt e<br />
lê kultura nivîskî qels e Kurdish oral<br />
culture is strong, but the written culture<br />
is weak; ~î f weakness<br />
qelş = qelîşt<br />
qelşqelşî cracked<br />
qenc good, pretty, nice; ~î beauty, charitable<br />
act, good deed<br />
qerar decision<br />
qerax f edge, shore<br />
qerçimî wrinkled<br />
qerebalix f crowd, confusion; ~ kirin<br />
v.t. to act up, to flail around
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