—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 />
oneself<br />
şiyan şê- v.i. to be able<br />
şiyar awake; ~ bûn v.i. to wake up; ~<br />
kirin v.t. to wake s.o. up<br />
şîn 1 blue, green<br />
şîn 2 = şwîn<br />
şîn- → şandin<br />
şîndar = şwîndar<br />
şîr m milk<br />
şîret f advice; ~ kirin li v.t. to advise<br />
şîrîn sweet, pretty, nice<br />
şît aware, sober<br />
şîv f sunset; ~a êvarê nightfall<br />
şkandin şkîn- = şikandin<br />
şkev f cupboard<br />
şo- → şistin<br />
şop f footprint, trace; ~ê ji ser xwe<br />
winda kirin to throw a pursuer off<br />
track; ~gerên scout, tracker; ~ hiştin<br />
v.t. to leave a trace<br />
şor 1 salty, brackish (water); ~ayî f saltiness<br />
şor 2 talk, words; ~ kirin v.t. to talk, chat<br />
şorbe f soup<br />
şoreş f rebellion, uprising; ~ger m rebel,<br />
revolutionary: şoreşgerekî bolşevîk a<br />
Bolshevik revolutionary<br />
şorezar f desert, wasteland<br />
şun = şûn<br />
şuştin (dial. var.) = şistin<br />
şuxul m work, occupation; ~ kirin v.t.<br />
to work; ~andin v.t. to put to work;<br />
~în v.i. to work<br />
şû spouse<br />
şûjin û derzî bûn v.i. to stand on end<br />
(the hair)<br />
şûlikîn v.i. to move stealthily<br />
şûm gloomy, inauspicious<br />
şûn f place; track, wake: divê ew têkeve<br />
şûna bavê xwe he must follow in his<br />
father’s footsteps; ~a … girtin v.t. to<br />
follow in the wake of, take the place<br />
of; ~da after: ji wê salê şûnda after<br />
this year; nuha ~da henceforth; di ~a<br />
241<br />
ku (conj.) instead of<br />
şûş quick, nimble, sleek; mirina ~ sudden<br />
death<br />
şûşaşûş pieces of glass<br />
şûşe f glass<br />
şûştin (dial. var.) = şistin<br />
şwîn f mourning; ~dar in mourning<br />
ta 1 prep. & conj. until: ta niha up till<br />
now<br />
ta 2 m fever<br />
tab m illumination; ~ anîn v.t. to illuminate<br />
tabî‘et f nature<br />
tacir m merchant; ~î f commerce<br />
taht f rock; noka ~ê pebble<br />
tal bitter, sharp<br />
talde f shelter<br />
talyanî Italian<br />
tam f taste<br />
tamar = temar<br />
tanq f tank (mil.)<br />
taqet endurance<br />
ta‘qîb f surveillance: di bin taqîba<br />
polîsan de under police surveillance;<br />
~ kirin to keep under surveillance<br />
tar f a path through snow<br />
Taran f Tehran<br />
tarî dark; ~tî f darkness<br />
tarîx f history<br />
tas f bowl<br />
taşt m breakfast<br />
tat m rise, hill<br />
tav 1 f light, sunlight<br />
tav 2 f rainshower<br />
tavik f sunlight<br />
tavilê quickly, soon; immediately<br />
taybetî special; bi ~ especially<br />
tayek kişandin ji v.t. to shake<br />
ta‘yîn kirin v.t. to determine, assign,<br />
appoint<br />
tazî naked; ~ kirin v.t. to strip naked<br />
te → tu<br />
tebî‘î natural
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