—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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guvahî f testimony<br />
guvaştin (dial. var.) = givaştin<br />
guveguv (dial. var.) = givegiv<br />
KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />
ha = han<br />
hakim m ruler, governor<br />
hal m condition, state; ji ~ ketin to be<br />
exhausted, worn out<br />
halan f yell, shout<br />
halhalk (dial. var.) = al’al<br />
han (in constr. w/ word it modifies) this<br />
very, that very: wê roja han on that<br />
very day; ev tirsa han bi serpêhatiya<br />
te girêdayî bû this very fear was connected<br />
to your experience<br />
hatin yê-/wer- (v.i., pres. ind. têm, neg.<br />
nayêm, pres. subj. bêm/werim) to<br />
come; (+ inf.) passive<br />
hatî f future<br />
havêtin (dial. var.) = avêtin<br />
havîn f summer<br />
havîtin (dial. var.) = avîtin<br />
hawîrdor f surroundings, environment;<br />
~ên wê those around him<br />
hawurdor (dial. var.) = hawîrdor<br />
hay f feeling, awareness (ji of), attention:<br />
~a min jê tune bû I had no<br />
awareness of it; ~dar aware<br />
hazir ready, present; ~î f preparation; ~î<br />
kirin to make preparations<br />
heb 1 m grain, bit; pill: ~ekî aqil a grain<br />
of sense; ~ek(î) a little, a bit, slightly<br />
heb 2 f a single thing, item, individual,<br />
one<br />
hebandin v.t. to love<br />
hebe nebe one way or another<br />
hebkî = hebekî (see heb)<br />
hebûn v.i. to exist: di zimanê me de pir<br />
gotinên kurdî hene ku me nebihîstine<br />
there are many Kurdish words in our<br />
language we haven’t heard; (<strong>with</strong><br />
subject + possessive) to have; hebû<br />
tunebû once upon a time<br />
hechecik martin, swallow<br />
215<br />
hecûm f attack, assault<br />
heçê whatever, whoever<br />
hedam sense ???<br />
hedef f goal<br />
heft seven; ~e f week: bi ~yekê <strong>with</strong>in a<br />
week; ~eyî weekly; ~ê seventy<br />
heger if<br />
hej movement; li ~ û liv û weş ketin v.i.<br />
to toss and turn<br />
hej = hez<br />
hejandin v.t. to shake: wî serê xwe hejand<br />
he shook his head; min destê wî<br />
hejand I shook his hand<br />
hejar poor: ~ên kurdan the poor Kurds<br />
hejiyan v.i. to move, shake<br />
hejîk love, affection<br />
hejîn = hejiyan<br />
hejmar f number, issue (of a journal)<br />
hejmartin hejmêr- v.t. to count, enumerate:<br />
dihatin hijmartin le ser her<br />
deh tiliyên destan they could be<br />
counted on all ten fingers of the hands<br />
hejmêr- → hejmartin<br />
hek m right; di ~ê prep. concerning,<br />
about<br />
heke if<br />
hel m protected place<br />
helaw f halvah<br />
helbest f poetry, verse: ~a serbest free<br />
verse; ~kar m poet; ~van m poet<br />
helbet of course<br />
hel-bijartin v.t. to select, choose<br />
hel-dirandin v.t. to tear apart<br />
Heleb f Aleppo<br />
heliyan v.i. to melt, disappear<br />
heliz an herb<br />
helk û bêhn breath<br />
hel-pekandin li xew v.t. to rouse from<br />
sleep<br />
helqe f ring<br />
hem…hem both…and<br />
hema thus<br />
heman that very<br />
hember equal; ~î f equality; li ~î
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