kurmanji_complete

mars March
aprîl April
mê May
jûen June
jûîya July
ût August
september September
oktober October
november November
desember December
The names of the second set either correspond to or were borrowed directly
from the Arabic versions of the ancient Semitic month names that were adjusted
to fit the Julian calendar months of the Roman Empire. May and July
have fallen out of use in this set. The names are given with their Arabic
equivalents in parentheses:
çileya paşîn January ( ﱏﺎﺜﻟا نﻮﻧﰷ)
ab August (بآ)
sibat February (طﺎﺒ(ﺷ)
adar March (رادا)
nîsan April (نﺎﺴ.ﻧ)
hezîran June (ناﺮ[ﺰﺣ)
eylûl September (لﻮﻠﯾا)
çiriya pêşîn October ( لوe ﻦ[ﴩd)
çiriya paşîn November (ﻦ[ﴩd
ﱏﺎﺜﻟا)
çileya pêşîn December ( لوe نﻮﻧﰷ)
The third set consists of traditional Kurdish names for a few months:
reşeme February
tîrmeh July
avdar March
gulan May
KURMANJI KURDISH
Dates are written and read as follows:
31’ê adara 1947’an sî û yekê adara hezar û
nehsed û çil û heftan
gelawêj August
îlon September
di 26’ê nîsana 1893’an de di bîst û şeşê nîsana
hezar û heştsed û nod û
sisiyan de
di 25.07.1974’an de di bîst û pêncê tîrmeha
hezar û nehsed û heftê û
çaran de
March 31, 1947
on the 26th of April 1893
on 25 July 1974
The days of the week (all feminine) are as follows. The b of şemb is normally
deleted in the nominative case and restored in the oblique and con-
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