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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
qurm m tree stump: mîna qurmê dara<br />
mirî like a dead tree stump<br />
qut cut, cut off; ~ bûn v.i. to get cut off<br />
qutî f box<br />
quwet power; bi ~ powerful<br />
qûç f cliff, height, summit<br />
qûn f back; ~a çiyê mountain skirt; li<br />
ser ~ê xistin to topple<br />
qûntar = quntar<br />
qutîk f small box<br />
ra = re<br />
ra-bûn v.i. to rise, arise, get up; to<br />
abandon, give up (li s.th.)<br />
ra-girtin v.t. to pick up; xwe ~ to recover<br />
rahetî f ease, comfort<br />
ra-hiştin v.t. to put down<br />
ra-ketin v.i. to sleep<br />
ra-kirin v.t. to take away, pick up; to<br />
wake up (trs.); to cancel, abolish; ji<br />
navê ~ to eliminate<br />
raman f stance<br />
ra-man -mîn- v.i. to stand, stay, remain<br />
standing; to be perplexed<br />
ra-medandin v.t. to lay down<br />
ra-mûsan -mûs- v.t. to kiss<br />
ran m thigh<br />
ra-pelikîn v.i. to crawl, creep<br />
ra-pîvan v.t. to pick up; gav ~ to tread<br />
rapor f report<br />
raser superior<br />
rast right, correct; ~ hatin li to come<br />
across; ~ kirin v.t. to correct; bi ~î<br />
really; ~e prep. straight toward;<br />
~erast really and truly; ~erê correct;<br />
~nivîsîn f orthography<br />
rav f hunting<br />
ra-westan v.i. to stand up, stop, stand<br />
still; li ser … ~ to dwell on, stand up<br />
against<br />
ra-westandin v.t. to make stop<br />
ra-westiyan = ra-westan<br />
rawir wild animal<br />
235<br />
ra-xistin v.t. to spread<br />
ray f opinion<br />
ra-zan -zê- v.i. to lie down, sleep<br />
razdar mysterious<br />
razî contented (li with)<br />
re postposition forms the second part of<br />
a number of circumpositions, generally<br />
indicating accompaniment; see the<br />
prepositional element<br />
ref m row; flock (of birds)<br />
reh f way, road; artery, vein; root; ~ û<br />
penc roots<br />
rehet easy, comfortable, quiet; ~î f<br />
comfort, ease<br />
rehm f mercy; ~ kirin li to have mercy<br />
on; ~etî the late<br />
rehmet f God’s mercy; çûn ~ê to pass<br />
away<br />
reîs m head, chief; ~î cumhûrê president<br />
of the republic<br />
rencberî f hardship, trouble<br />
reng m color; bi ~ colored, multicolored;<br />
bi çi ~î how?; ~e~ of all<br />
colors; ~dêr f description, quality, adjective;<br />
~în varied, colorful<br />
renî f avalanche<br />
req 1 m turtle<br />
req 2 stiff; ~ û rût stiff as a board<br />
reqem f number<br />
reqisîn v.i. to dance<br />
resim m picture<br />
resmî official<br />
reş black; ~ girêdan v.t. to go into<br />
mourning; ~ kirin v.t. to blacken<br />
reş û reşatî f anything black or blackish<br />
in color<br />
reşatî f blackness, darkness<br />
rev f flight, retreat<br />
revan rev- v.i. to run away<br />
revandin v.t. to let escape, to take away<br />
revde m herd, pack; ~ girtin v.t. to form<br />
a pack<br />
revîn = revan<br />
rewneq brightness, brilliance
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