Kurmanji Lexicon
Kurmanji Lexicon
Kurmanji Lexicon
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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
ronakbîr intellectual<br />
ronayî = ronahî<br />
rondik f tear<br />
ronesans f renaissance<br />
ruh m spirit, soul; ~iyet f morale, spirit<br />
ruhnî f brightness; ruhniya çavan light<br />
of the eyes, favorite<br />
rutbe m rank<br />
ruvî (dial. var.) = rêvî<br />
rû m (const riyê, rûwê) face<br />
rûbar m river<br />
rûhşêrîn convivial, amusing, lighthearted<br />
rûj (dial. var.) = roj; ~kê = rojekê one<br />
day, some day<br />
rûkenî f smile, smiling<br />
rûmet f honor, respect<br />
rûn m oil<br />
rûniştevan m inhabitant<br />
rû-niştin -nê- v.i. to sit, dwell (the<br />
present tense is used only for habitual<br />
action; the pres. perf. tense rûniştiye<br />
means ‘s/he is sitting,’ and the past.<br />
perf. tense rûniştibû means ‘s/he was<br />
sitting’); odeya rûniştinê sitting<br />
room<br />
rûpel f page, sheet<br />
rûs Russian; ~î Russian (language)<br />
rût naked, bare<br />
rûxan v.i. to collapse<br />
rûxandin v.t. to destroy<br />
sa f (const. siya) shadow; ser siya …<br />
ketin v.i. to get anywhere near …<br />
sa‘et f hour<br />
sal f year; ~mezin aged<br />
salon f reception room<br />
san → se<br />
sar cold<br />
satil f bucket<br />
saw terror, fear<br />
sawar f bulghur wheat, cracked wheat<br />
sax healthy, well, whole<br />
saxik honest<br />
237<br />
sayî bûn v.i. to clear up (weather)<br />
saz kirin v.t. to establish<br />
se m (obl. pl san) dog<br />
sebeb m reason<br />
sebir f patience; ~ neman to be impatient:<br />
êdî sebra min nemaye now I’ve<br />
lost my patience<br />
sed hundred; ~sal f century; ~salî f centennary;<br />
ji ~î per cent; bo ~î per cent<br />
seda m/f sound ???<br />
sedem f reason, cause<br />
seff f classroom<br />
seg m dog<br />
seh f intuition, feeling; ~ kirin v.t. to<br />
understand intuitively<br />
sehol f ice<br />
Seirt f Siirt; ~î native of Siirt<br />
sekinan/-în v.i. to settle down, to be<br />
quiet, to dwell; to tarry; to light<br />
(gaze) (li ser upon): ez dixwazim li<br />
ser pirsekê bisekinim I want to dwell<br />
on a question<br />
selik f basket<br />
semax f endurance; ~ kirin v.t. to bear,<br />
to endure<br />
Sen m the River Seine<br />
seqem f dry cold<br />
seqer f Saqar, a poison that drips from a<br />
tree in hell<br />
ser m head; (prep.) to, toward, on, over;<br />
bi ~ ketin v.i. to get ahead, succeed;<br />
çûn ser v.i. to attack; ~ê xwe bi … re<br />
êşandin v.t. to trouble oneself with,<br />
bother with: serê xwe bi kultura kurdî<br />
re naêşînin they don’t bother with<br />
Kurdish culture; ~ û bin m the “ins<br />
and outs,” everything: ser û binê vî<br />
gundî ez ê bikanibim ji vî pîremêrî<br />
hîn bibim I could learn all there is to<br />
know about this village from this old<br />
man; bê ~ û bin endless<br />
seranser: li ~î (prep.) all over: li seranserê<br />
dinyayê all over the world<br />
serbajar m capital
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