Kurmanji Lexicon
Kurmanji Lexicon
Kurmanji Lexicon
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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
perpitîn v.i. to flutter: dilê min diperpite<br />
I get sick at my stomach<br />
perwaz f flight<br />
perwerdî f education<br />
pesin m praise; ~andin v.t. to praise, to<br />
approve of; wesf û pesnê … dan to<br />
praise and extol<br />
pesnê m trace<br />
petrol f petrolium<br />
pevgirêdan f connection<br />
pexşan f prose; ~nivîskar m prosewriter<br />
pey: li ~ (prep.) behind, after; di ~ … de<br />
(prep.) after<br />
peya m man<br />
peya bûn v.i. to get out, off, down (from<br />
vehicle)<br />
peyda bûn v.i. to be found: min zanîbû<br />
wê saetê ava germ peyda nabe I knew<br />
there was no warm water to be found<br />
at that time; ~ kirin v.t. to find<br />
peyitandin v.t. to prove<br />
peyivîn v.i. to talk, speak: ez zêde pê re<br />
nepeyivîm I didn’t speak to him long<br />
peyî hev one after the other<br />
peyman f pact, agreement; ~ê girêdan<br />
ligel to conclude a pact with<br />
peyv f conversation, talk, words: me<br />
peyv dagerand ser huner û edebiyatê<br />
we turned the conversation to art and<br />
literature; ~ik f expression<br />
peywendî f relation: peywendiyên navneteweyî<br />
international relations<br />
pez f sheep<br />
pezkîvî (dial. var.) = pezkûvî<br />
pezkûvî mountain sheep<br />
pê 1 = bi + wî/wê<br />
pê 2 m foot<br />
pêçandin pêçîn- v.t. to wrap, roll<br />
pêçîn pêç- v.t. to roll, wrap;<br />
pêjin f feeling<br />
pêjîn pêj- v.i. to be cooked; v.t. to light<br />
(cigarette)<br />
pêk together; ~-anîn v.t. to get together,<br />
231<br />
collect, arrange; ~-hatin v.i. to come<br />
about, come to be; ~-hatin ji v.i. to<br />
consist of<br />
pê-ketin v.i. to catch (fire)<br />
pêkol kirin v.t. to stick together (snow)<br />
pêkva together<br />
pê-xistin v.t. to light (fire), to switch on<br />
pêl f wave; ~ bûn v.i. to spread out<br />
pêlpêlî wavy, undulating<br />
pênc five; ~ih, ~î fifty<br />
pêra along with him (see pê)<br />
pêrgî → pergî<br />
pêsîr f collar; windpipe; forefront; area<br />
just below the summit of a mountain<br />
pêş forward: mirov ê bi pêş de biçe one<br />
will go forward; ~-ketin to advance;<br />
bi ~ derketin to come out to the fore;<br />
~eroj f the future; ~de xistin to promote;<br />
~ketî advanced<br />
pêşayîk f forefront<br />
pêşber m guide, leader; ketin ~ê to be<br />
faced with; ~î in the lead, leadership,<br />
(prep.) in front of; ~î … derketin to<br />
lead, go out ahead of<br />
pêşdexistin f promotion, advancement<br />
pêşeng m leader, vanguard<br />
pêşepêşa, li prep. out in front of<br />
pêşeroj f future<br />
pêşevan m leader<br />
pêşgotin f foreword<br />
pêşiya prep. before, in front of<br />
pêşî adj. first: cara pêşî the first time, di<br />
du-sê salên pêşî de during the first<br />
two or three years; f advance: ~ya …<br />
girtin v.t. to prevent<br />
pêşîk avant-garde, forerunner<br />
pêşîn first<br />
pêşkeş f present, gift, tribute; ~ kirin v.t.<br />
to offer (as a gift), to present<br />
pêşmerge m guerrilla<br />
pêşniyaz f proposal, suggestion<br />
pêşveketin f advancement, progress<br />
pêt f flame<br />
pêtgiran lazy, indolent