—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

KURMANJI KURDISH
today, are provided with running glosses beneath the texts, and the glosses
in the readings are also contained in the Kurdish–English vocabulary at the
end of the book. Words considered to be absolutely basic vocabulary are not
glossed in the notes, since it is assumed that these words either are known
already or will be actively acquired as they occur. Generally words are not
glossed more than once in the notes because any word encountered a second
time should be learned actively. Words are glossed after the first instance
only if they are considered rare enough to warrant being ignored for acquisition.
The readings and biographical sketches of authors have been taken
mainly from Mehmet Uzun, Antolojiya Edebiyata Kurdî, 2 vols. (Istanbul:
Tümzamanlar Yayıncılık, 1995), which may be consulted for further reading.
The readings in Cyrillic Kurmanji, which have not been glossed but
have a separate vocabulary at the end of the book, have been taken from
R’ya T’eze, a Kurdish newspaper published in Armenia.
For dictionaries of Kurmanji, the following may be consulted:
Chyet, Michael L. Kurdish–English Dictionary. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 2003.
Галлиямов, Салават. Кордско–Башкордско–Англо–
Русский Словарь. Ufa, 2000.
İzoli, D. Ferheng Kurdi–Tırki Türkçe–Kürtçe. Istanbul: Deng Yayınları,
1992. A comprehensive dictionary for those who know Turkish.
Unfortunately the gender of Kurdish nouns is not indicated.
Курдоев, К. К. Курдско-Русский Словарь. Moscow,
1960.
Rizgar, Baran. Kurdish–English English–Kurdish Dictionary. London:
M. F. Onen, 1993. With around 25,000 Kurdish words and phrases,
this is a useful dictionary for reading.
Saadallah, Salah. Saladin’s English–Kurdish Dictionary. Istanbul:
Avesta, 2000. Contains around 80,000 entries.
Цаболов, Руслан Лазарович. Этимологический Словарь Курдсково
Языка. Moscow: Восточная Литература, 2001.
For on-line and downloadable dictionaries and word lists for Kurdish and
a variety of languages, see www.ferheng.org.
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