—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings
—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings
—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings
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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
(time) pass<br />
borî f pipe<br />
borîn v.i. to last, pass (time): çend meh<br />
naborin not many months passed<br />
(n.p.); v.t. to excuse: min bibore excuse<br />
me<br />
bostan m garden<br />
boş wide, widespread, abundant<br />
boxçe f bundle<br />
braştî roasted<br />
brûsk = birûsk<br />
buhar = bihar<br />
buhirîn v.t. to take away, clear off<br />
buhurandin buhurîn- v.t. to spend<br />
(time); ~în v.i. to pass, pass away<br />
buhurtin buhur- v.i. to pass, pass<br />
away, go out<br />
buhurî last, past: sala ~ last year<br />
bulbul nightingale<br />
bûk f bride, daughter-in-law; ~anî f<br />
wedding<br />
bûn b- v.i. to be, become<br />
bûsî f ambush<br />
bûyer f incident, event<br />
bûz ice<br />
BZ = berê zayînê B.C.<br />
ca (used <strong>with</strong> imperatives): ~ were come<br />
on!; ca bifikire ku just think what it<br />
would be like if …<br />
cam f glass<br />
camêr courageous, gallant, gentlemanly<br />
casûs m spy<br />
car f time; ~ ~an often, many times;<br />
~din again, once again; ~inan from<br />
time to time; ~kê = carekê once; ~na<br />
sometimes<br />
cax protective fencing<br />
cazîbedar interesting<br />
cebhe f front (mil.)<br />
ceger f liver (poetic); ~ şîrîn darling,<br />
beloved<br />
cejin f celebration, festival<br />
celeb m sort, kind: du celeb kes hene:<br />
203<br />
yên baş û yên nebaş there are two<br />
kinds of people, good and evil<br />
celx m/f slit, crack<br />
cem m group; side; a large basket; li ~<br />
beside, <strong>with</strong>: li cem wan beside them,<br />
<strong>with</strong> them<br />
cendek m body, corpse<br />
ceng f battle<br />
cerg f liver<br />
ceribandin v.t. to try, test<br />
cewr m pup; ~ik m puppy<br />
ceza f fine, penalty; ~ wergirtin v.t. to<br />
receive a penalty, to be fined<br />
cidî serious<br />
cigar(e) f cigarette<br />
cih m place; pl bed; ~ bi ~ from place to<br />
place; ~ girtin v.t. to take place; ~<br />
kirin v.t. to put, place; ~ li xwe xweş<br />
kirin v.t. to make oneself comfortable;<br />
~ê … girtin v.t. to take the place<br />
of; ~ê local; ~ê ~ê various, sundry;<br />
~gir occupant; bi ~ anîn to bring<br />
about, bring to fruition; bi ~ bûn li to<br />
settle in, take up residence in; di nav<br />
~an de in bed<br />
cihan f the world<br />
cil m clothing; ~ û berg (pl) clothes<br />
cin djinn, demon; ~anlêxistî possessed<br />
by demons<br />
cinewir monster<br />
cirecir f talk, chit-chat<br />
civandin civîn- v.t. to move, set in<br />
motion<br />
civak society; community; ~î social,<br />
societal; ~nas sociologist; ~nasî f<br />
sociology<br />
civat f society, group<br />
civîn v.i. to move; ~în f movement<br />
ciwan young, beautiful; ~tî f youth<br />
cixar(e) (dial. var.) = cigar<br />
cixiz kirin v.t. to mark, to leave marks<br />
in<br />
cî = cih<br />
cîhan f world
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