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—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

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ermil f load<br />

bername f program<br />

beroş f pot, pan<br />

berovajî to the contrary<br />

berpêş kirin v.t. to suggest, to propose<br />

berpirsiyar responsible; m manager; ~î<br />

f responsibility, management<br />

berq f lightning<br />

bersîv f answer, reply; ~ dan bi to reply<br />

to, answer; ~a … dan to satisfy the<br />

needs of; ~andin v.t. to respond,<br />

reply<br />

berten f trousers<br />

bervajî f opposite side; ji ~yê contrariwise,<br />

conversely<br />

bervê prep. toward<br />

berwar m slope<br />

berx lamb<br />

berxwedan f resistance<br />

bes much, many a; enough<br />

best f plain<br />

best m joy, glee, relish<br />

beş m part; ~dar participant; ~dar bûn<br />

v.i. to take part, participate<br />

beşavend f rhyme<br />

beşer f flesh<br />

betalî f unemployment, uselessness,<br />

idleness<br />

bexçe = baxçe<br />

Bexda f Baghdad<br />

bext m luck; ~iyar fortunate, happy;<br />

~iyarî f good fortune, happiness; bê~<br />

unfortunate<br />

beybûn f camomile<br />

bez 1 f speed: bi lez û ~ quickly, <strong>with</strong> all<br />

speed; bayê ~ê the racing wind; ~în<br />

bez- v.i. to run<br />

bez 2 m kind, sort<br />

beza fast-running, galloping<br />

bezir lost<br />

bê 1 → ba<br />

bê- 2 (prefix) <strong>with</strong>out; see compounds alphabetically<br />

bêaqil stupid<br />

KURMANJI KURDISH<br />

200<br />

bêbawer disbelieving, unsure; ~î f disbelief<br />

bêbest uncontrollable<br />

bêbext unlucky, unfortunate; ~î f unluckiness,<br />

misfortune<br />

bêçare helpless, poor; ~tî f helplessness<br />

bêçine useless<br />

bêçiqasî inordinately<br />

bêdar treeless, barren<br />

bêdeng silent; ~î f silence, obscurity<br />

bêdil halfhearted, unwilling<br />

bêfedî lack of embarrassment<br />

bêgav impossible, helpless<br />

bêgoşt skinny<br />

bêguman doubtless(ly)<br />

bêhamd reluctantly, unwillingly<br />

bêhawe unparalleled, extraordinary<br />

bêhay unconscious, unaware; dinyayê ~<br />

the subconscious world<br />

bêhejiyan û livat <strong>with</strong>out movement or<br />

motion<br />

bêhejmar innumerable<br />

bêhempa unparalleled, peerless<br />

bêhêvî <strong>with</strong>out hope, in despair; ~ kirin<br />

v.t. to make s.o. despair<br />

bêhêzî f weakness, debility<br />

bêhişiyarî <strong>with</strong>out feeling, numb<br />

bêhn 1 f breath; ~a min teng bû I was<br />

bored; ~a xwe teng kirin to bore oneself,<br />

let oneself get bored; ~a …<br />

çikandin v.t. to suffocate; ~tengî f<br />

boredom<br />

bêhn 2 f smell, odor; ~ berdan to leave<br />

an odor behind; ~ dan to give off an<br />

odor; ketin ser ~ê to pick up a scent;<br />

~çikîn dry-smelling<br />

bêhtengî = bêhntengî<br />

bêî prep. <strong>with</strong>out; ~ ku (conj., + subj.)<br />

<strong>with</strong>out: îro jî bêî ku mirov tu zehmetiyan<br />

bikişîne, mirov bi hêsanî ji wan<br />

tê digihê even today one easily understands<br />

them <strong>with</strong>out going to any<br />

trouble<br />

bêîmkanî f impossibility

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