—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 />
esil m origin; bi ~ê xwe originally<br />
esilzade aristocratic<br />
‘esker m soldier; ~î f the military; (adj)<br />
military<br />
‘esman = azman<br />
esmer olive complected<br />
‘eşîr f tribe; ~tî tribal<br />
eşkere clear, obvious<br />
eşk û teşk tangled (hair)<br />
ev (obl. masc. sing. vî, obl. fem. sing.<br />
vê, obl. pl. van) he, she, it, they, this,<br />
these<br />
evîn f love, affection; ~dar desirous, in<br />
love: ew evîndarê xwendinê bû he<br />
was desirous of studying<br />
evqasî so much<br />
ew (obl. masc. sing. wî, obl. fem. sing.<br />
wê, obl. pl. wan, pl. const. ewên) he,<br />
she, it, they, that, those<br />
‘ewd m revenge<br />
ewel, ewelî first<br />
ewên pl. const. of ew; ~ din the others<br />
ewir = ewr<br />
ewle security, reliance, assurance; ~ bûn<br />
to be secure<br />
‘ewr m cloud<br />
ewraq (pl) papers<br />
Ewrûpa f Europe; ~yî European<br />
Ewrûpî European<br />
‘ewt f bark; ~e ~ constant or repeated<br />
barking; ~în v.i. to bark<br />
‘eynî the same: di eynî salê de in the<br />
same year<br />
ey O (vocative)<br />
‘Eyndîwer ‘Ayn Dīwār, a small place in<br />
Syria south of Cizre<br />
Eyûb Job; ~î Job-like<br />
eywan f salon, sitting room<br />
ez (obl. min) I<br />
ezbenî sir (mode of polite address)<br />
‘ezman m sky, heaven<br />
‘ezîz dear<br />
‘Ezrayîl Azrael, the angel of death<br />
211<br />
ê 1 = yê<br />
ê 2 future auxiliary + subj. for future<br />
tense<br />
êdî now; still, yet<br />
êgir → agir<br />
êh: gewro êh berçavara nedihat<br />
“Whitey” didn’t notice it<br />
ên = yên<br />
êrîş = hêriş<br />
êş f pain, ache; ~andin êşîn- v.t. to hurt,<br />
cause pain, trouble; ~iyan êş- v.i. to<br />
hurt, suffer pain: ser û çavê te neêşe<br />
“may your head and eye not suffer<br />
pain,” thank you<br />
êvar f evening<br />
êxur m stable<br />
êzing m firewood<br />
fahm (dial. var.) = fehim<br />
fal f augury, omen, fate; ~ vekirin to<br />
predict: ev fala ko herkesî ji min re<br />
vedikir, wusan derneket the prediction<br />
everyone was making for me did<br />
not turn out like that<br />
fam (dial. var.) = fehim<br />
faqa under (prep.); ketin ~ to fall beneath<br />
faris pl Persians; ~î f Persian (language)<br />
faşîst fascist<br />
fedakar, fedekar self-sacrificing, devoted;<br />
~î f self-sacrifice<br />
fedî f embarrassment; ~ kirin to be embarrassed<br />
fed-kirin v.t. to look, watch<br />
fehim kirin v.t. to understand<br />
felat f freedom, liberation<br />
felsefe f philosophy;<br />
felsefî philosophical<br />
fen f trick; bi ~ û fîtan by hook or by<br />
crook<br />
fener f lamp<br />
feodalî feudal<br />
feqeh m theology student<br />
feqî Muslim cleric; ~tî f the clerical pro-
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