—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 />
repair, keep: wî çê dikine binê zindanê<br />
they keep him in the dungeon,<br />
min di serê xwe e plana ku … çêdikir<br />
I was making a plan in my head to …<br />
çêlik the young of any animal, puppy,<br />
kitten, cub, etc.<br />
çêl f subject, topic; ~î kirin v.t. to talk<br />
about<br />
çêre f grazing, pasturage<br />
çêrîn v.i. to graze<br />
çêtir better<br />
çi 1 what?; ~ bigire practically speaking,<br />
pretty much<br />
çi 2 no; ~ tiştî nothing<br />
çiçek = çîçek<br />
çiftexas m cotton batiste<br />
çik exhausted; ~ bûn v.i. to become exhausted,<br />
to sink down (into snow)<br />
çikandin v.t. to drip; to plant (tree); to<br />
push s.th. in as far as it will go<br />
çikîn v.t. to plant; to crackle; to dry up<br />
(mother’s milk): şîrê berê wê çikî her<br />
breast milk dried up<br />
çiko, çiku because<br />
çil 1 forty<br />
çil 2 greedy<br />
çil 3 only in çil û çiya hills and mountains<br />
çile f the coldest period of winter; ~ya<br />
paşîn January; ~ya pêşîn December<br />
çilmisandin v.t. to make <strong>with</strong>er<br />
çilmîsîn v.i. to <strong>with</strong>er<br />
çilvilîn = çilwilîn<br />
çilwilîn v.i. to gleam<br />
çima why?<br />
çimkî because<br />
çiqas how much<br />
çiqçiqî kirin v.t. to rip to shreds<br />
çir, çira why?<br />
çira f lamp, stove<br />
çirandin çirîn- v.t. to tear, tear up<br />
çirav f muck<br />
çire why<br />
çiriya paşê/paşîn f November<br />
205<br />
çiriya pêşê/pêşîn f October<br />
çirisîn = çirûsîn<br />
çirûsîn v.i. to sparkle, shine, glow<br />
çirûsk f spark<br />
çiv trick, game; ~ dan xwe v.t. to zigzag<br />
çivanok f a formula used in storytelling<br />
çivik, çivîk bird, sparrow<br />
çiwal m sack<br />
çiya m mountain; ~yî mountaineer, hillbilly<br />
çîçek f flower<br />
çîl bright<br />
çîmen m grassy meadow<br />
çîp f calf (of the leg)<br />
çîrîn v.i. to creak<br />
çîrok f story; ~van storyteller<br />
çîya = çiya<br />
çîzçîzik f buzz<br />
ço m stick<br />
çog = çok 2<br />
çok 1 m stream<br />
çok 2 f knee<br />
çol f desert, wilderness<br />
çong = çok 2<br />
çûçik f bird<br />
çûk f bird<br />
çûn ç- (subj. stem ç-/her-) v.i. to go<br />
çûr a type of sheep<br />
çûyîn v.i. to go<br />
da 1 a dialectal variant of de 1<br />
da 2 a preverb that forms compounds,<br />
generally indicating ‘down’<br />
da-anîn v.t. to set down, establish: Mam<br />
Reşîd satil danî û li dora xwe mêze<br />
kir Uncle Rashid set the bucket down<br />
and looked around himself; ~ li xwe<br />
(+ subj.) to lower oneself, deign,<br />
bring oneself to do s.th.: gelek ji wan<br />
jî li xwe danaynin bi vî zimanê xweş û<br />
şêrîn bipeyivin many of them can’t<br />
even bring themselves to speak this<br />
nice, sweet language<br />
da-avêtin v.t. to put together, throw
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