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—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

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KURDISH-ENGLISH VOCABULARY<br />

ly; bi ~ayî entirely, in toto; xwe<br />

~girê-dan v.t. to get oneself together<br />

tevdîr f plan<br />

tevger f industry, activity, movement:<br />

Tevgera Rizgariya Kurdistanê Kurdish<br />

Liberation Movement<br />

tevizî numb<br />

tevizîn f numbness; ~ok f numb feeling<br />

tevî (prep.) along <strong>with</strong>; ~hev altogether;<br />

~ ku (conj.) although<br />

tevlihev confused, mixed up; ~î f confusion<br />

tevlî f awareness<br />

tewqif kirin v.t. to arrest<br />

texçik f shelf<br />

texlît sort, kind: her du texlît nivîsar<br />

both sorts of writers<br />

texmîn f guess, thought; ~ kirin v.t. to<br />

guess, estimate<br />

text m throne<br />

texte m board<br />

teyan a large basin used in bathhouses<br />

teyr, têr m bird; ~ û tûy birds and fowl<br />

teze new(ly), fresh(ly); ~ kirin to refresh<br />

tê 1 = di + wî/wê<br />

tê 2 = tu + ê<br />

tê 3 coming, next: meha ~ the coming<br />

month<br />

tê-gihîştin v.i. to understand, realize<br />

têk çûn v.i. to break up, split apart<br />

têkelî prep. along <strong>with</strong><br />

tê-ketin v.i. to go to, wind up (somewhere):<br />

ew dixwaze têkeve cepheyan<br />

he wants to go to the fronts; ~ şûna to<br />

take the place of: kengê azadî û<br />

serbestî ê têkevin şûna sitemkarî û<br />

zordariyê? when will freedom and independence<br />

take the place of injustice<br />

and oppression?<br />

têkil connected; ~bûn f connectedness;<br />

~î f connection<br />

tê-kirin v.t. to put on<br />

têkoşer m activist, combatant<br />

243<br />

têkoşîn dan v.t. to strive, make an effort<br />

têkûz (dial. var.) = tekûz<br />

têr 1 full, satisfied; ~ bûn v.i. to be satisfied<br />

(hunger), to be slaked (thirst); ~<br />

kirin v.t. to satisfy, make full, to be<br />

sufficient: emrê wî têr nekir he didn’t<br />

live long enough<br />

têr 2 = teyr<br />

têvel various, different<br />

tê-xistin v.t. to include; xwe ~ to put<br />

oneself<br />

tif f spit<br />

tifik f bellows, hearth<br />

tifing f rifle<br />

tije brimful<br />

tijî full; ~ kirin v.t. to fill<br />

tilî f finger<br />

tilik, tilîk = tilî<br />

tim 1 always; her~ always<br />

tim 2 f desire<br />

timobîl f automobile<br />

tinê (dial. var.) = tenê<br />

tiral lazy<br />

tirb f grave, tomb<br />

tirên f train; ~a di binê erdê de subway;<br />

ji ~ê by train<br />

tirimpêl f automobile<br />

tirk Turk; ~î Turkish (language); ~nijad<br />

racially Turkish<br />

Tirkiye f (obl Tirkiyeyê, Tirkiyê) Turkey<br />

tirs f fear; ~an va out of fear<br />

tirsandin v.t. to scare; to fear<br />

tirsêner frightful, frightening<br />

tirsiyan/tirsîn ji v.i. to be afraid of, fear<br />

tirş bitter; rûyê xwe ~ kirin to scowl<br />

tişt m thing: tiştekî din something else<br />

titûn f tobacco<br />

tiving f (dial. var.) = tufing<br />

tiwê = tu wê<br />

tixtor m doctor<br />

tî thirsty<br />

tîfal ???<br />

tîj (dial. var.) = tûj; ~ û hûr nêrîn li to

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