—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY
perpitîn v.i. to flutter: dilê min diperpite
I get sick at my stomach
perwaz f flight
perwerdî f education
pesin m praise; ~andin v.t. to praise, to
approve of; wesf û pesnê … dan to
praise and extol
pesnê m trace
petrol f petrolium
pevgirêdan f connection
pexşan f prose; ~nivîskar m prosewriter
pey: li ~ (prep.) behind, after; di ~ … de
(prep.) after
peya m man
peya bûn v.i. to get out, off, down (from
vehicle)
peyda bûn v.i. to be found: min zanîbû
wê saetê ava germ peyda nabe I knew
there was no warm water to be found
at that time; ~ kirin v.t. to find
peyitandin v.t. to prove
peyivîn v.i. to talk, speak: ez zêde pê re
nepeyivîm I didn’t speak to him long
peyî hev one after the other
peyman f pact, agreement; ~ê girêdan
ligel to conclude a pact with
peyv f conversation, talk, words: me
peyv dagerand ser huner û edebiyatê
we turned the conversation to art and
literature; ~ik f expression
peywendî f relation: peywendiyên navneteweyî
international relations
pez f sheep
pezkîvî (dial. var.) = pezkûvî
pezkûvî mountain sheep
pê 1 = bi + wî/wê
pê 2 m foot
pêçandin pêçîn- v.t. to wrap, roll
pêçîn pêç- v.t. to roll, wrap;
pêjin f feeling
pêjîn pêj- v.i. to be cooked; v.t. to light
(cigarette)
pêk together; ~-anîn v.t. to get together,
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collect, arrange; ~-hatin v.i. to come
about, come to be; ~-hatin ji v.i. to
consist of
pê-ketin v.i. to catch (fire)
pêkol kirin v.t. to stick together (snow)
pêkva together
pê-xistin v.t. to light (fire), to switch on
pêl f wave; ~ bûn v.i. to spread out
pêlpêlî wavy, undulating
pênc five; ~ih, ~î fifty
pêra along with him (see pê)
pêrgî → pergî
pêsîr f collar; windpipe; forefront; area
just below the summit of a mountain
pêş forward: mirov ê bi pêş de biçe one
will go forward; ~-ketin to advance;
bi ~ derketin to come out to the fore;
~eroj f the future; ~de xistin to promote;
~ketî advanced
pêşayîk f forefront
pêşber m guide, leader; ketin ~ê to be
faced with; ~î in the lead, leadership,
(prep.) in front of; ~î … derketin to
lead, go out ahead of
pêşdexistin f promotion, advancement
pêşeng m leader, vanguard
pêşepêşa, li prep. out in front of
pêşeroj f future
pêşevan m leader
pêşgotin f foreword
pêşiya prep. before, in front of
pêşî adj. first: cara pêşî the first time, di
du-sê salên pêşî de during the first
two or three years; f advance: ~ya …
girtin v.t. to prevent
pêşîk avant-garde, forerunner
pêşîn first
pêşkeş f present, gift, tribute; ~ kirin v.t.
to offer (as a gift), to present
pêşmerge m guerrilla
pêşniyaz f proposal, suggestion
pêşveketin f advancement, progress
pêt f flame
pêtgiran lazy, indolent