a-practical-kurdish-grammar

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and three quarters o'clock', or 'three quarters of an hour past
two'; Ûj>r dl _j 5xlo (penj ö yek charak) 'five and a. quar¬
ter o'clock'. The latter may also be rendered ÖS ,j^ j ^^_^
(penj Ö charak-ek).
Multiples -
152. The multiple numbers are formed by suffixing 4»!
(ana) to the cardinals. Examples: 4J\9l" (taq-ana) 'the only
one' (only begotten). The Persian 4J \X) (yek-ana) is also
used. 4Jlji (do-ana) 'twin' ; 4jL-.> (se-ana) 'triplet'; 4Jljl^»-
(chûar-ana) 'quadruplet', etc.
153. For the multiple term 'fold', like 'two fold', 'five fold',
'ten fold', 'an hundred fold', etc., the Kurdish employs dij
(yek) 'one', as the basis. After saying dl (yek), they state
the number of the 'fold', and put the conjunction _j (ö) 'and'
between them. Examples : ji j dl (.yek ö do) 'two fold'
(lit. 'one and two'); rdo j dl (yek ö penj) 'five fold'
(lit. 'one and five') ; 6.> j dl (yek ö da) 'ten fold'; Xp j d\j_
(yek 5 sat) 'an hundred fold', etc.
154. For the terms 'percentage' and 'interest', the Kurdish
has no uniform and complete system of reckoning. There
are three different and very incomplete systems, however, in
general use. All of these employ oi (da) 'ten', as their basis.
The first system: dl«J 4j o5 (da ba new-ek) '5%' (lit.
'ten for (by) a half); dl 4, ei (da ba yek) '10%';
_jJ J dl 4) 0.3 (da ba yek ö neû) '15%'; ji 4j ei (da ba
do) '20%', etc. The second system : d\3 oi ^ ^oi (da ba
neû da-yek) '5%' (lit. 'ten for (by) half a tenth'); dl ei 4j ei