Kurdish–English dictionary

gûkirin

The act or result of egesting

gul

(countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.

gulan

The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.

gulaş

sport

gulbend

A herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

guldank

An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

gulebûk

The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.

gulemî

(countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.

gulgulî

Decorated with or abundant in flowers.

gulî

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

gulistan

An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

gulle

A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.

guloka berfê

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

guman

(rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.

gumanbarbûn şik birin ser#Kurdi yekî

(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

gumgumok

(chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.

guncav

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

guncîn

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

gund

A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

gundewar

(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]

gundi

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

gundor

(countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants

guneh

(theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.

gur

A highly appreciated marine food fish found in the coastal waters of eastern Atlantic from Cape Verde to southern Norway and in the Mediterranean, (Dicentrarchus labrax).

gur û şên

As a rule; frequently; usually.

gurahî

Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

gurcî

Of, from, or pertaining to the Eastern European country of Georgia, the Georgian people or the Georgian language.

gurçik

(idiomatic, hyperbole) Usually used after the verb cost, but also often charge, pay, and spend: a very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price

Gurcistan

A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.

gurê deryayê

A sailor accustomed to the sea.

gurê manco

(cryptozoology, folklore) An individual creature of this type.

gurîtî

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

gûş

(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

gustîl

(jewelry) A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.

guverte

Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.

gûz

(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.

gûzan

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

guzik

The fruit of a conifer.

guzvan

(sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

Haîtî

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

hakimane

In a wise manner; using good judgement.

Hamburg

The second largest city in, and a state of, Germany.

handerkirin

(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.

Hannover

The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.

haqan

(historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.

har

Alone; exclusively.

harî

(archaic, countable, uncountable) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

hatin

(intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.

hatin bestandin

To listen without participating.

hatin bişaftin

(physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.

hatin hazirkirin

(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

hatin hejmartin

(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.

hatin nivisandin

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

hatin pê

(transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.

hatin radan

(intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

havildarbûn

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

havîn

One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

havînê

The period or season of summer.

hawayî

The Hawaiian language.

hawêne

The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.

heb

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

hebûn

Abbreviation of Tuesday.

hec

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

hece

(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

hecel

(electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

hedinîn

(intransitive) To become calm.

hêdîtî

The quality or state of being slow.

heft

To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

heftê

The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

heftename

Happening once a week, or every week.

heftumîn

The ordinal form of the number seven.

hegemonî

(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.

hêjan

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]

hejandin

(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.

hejarî

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

hejde

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

hejdehem

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

hejîr

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

hejmar

(countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.

hejmara atomî

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

hejmetkarî

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

hêk

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

hêkdank

A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.

helbestvan

A person who writes poems.

Heleb

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

helîkopter

(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.

hêlîn

(countable) Any place of shelter.

hêlîpan

A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.

hêlkêşan

A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.

Hêlsînkî

The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

helwest

Judgment, opinion, or view.

hêlyûm

(uncountable) The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.

hem

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]

hema hema

In close approximation; almost, virtually. [from 17th c.]

Hemas

A Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization.

hêmayetî

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities. [from between 1645 and 1655.]

hembêz

A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").

hemîşe

(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.

hemoglobîn

(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

hemoroîd

A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.

henasegirtin

(ambitransitive) To inhale.

hendbol

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

hendik bûn

(intransitive) To reach or release a decision.

henek

(countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.

heq

To be correct in one's judgment or statement about something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

heq kirin

(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).

heqaret kirin

(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]

heqê însanan

(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.

heqîqî

Authentic, real, genuine.

her kes

Every person.

her wiha

(conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

her yek

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

hêran

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

herb

Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

herdem

Always; forever; eternally.

herder

In or at any location.

herêm

A particular geographic region.

herhangi bir konuda bilgi vermek

(transitive) To give (someone) notice (of some event). [from mid-15th c.]

herî

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

herî cûda

Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

herîfandin

(transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

herikoyî

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

herîn

(intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).

heris

The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.

hertişt

(literally) All the things under discussion.

hêrûg

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

hes

A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.

hesab

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

hêsan

Minimalist; lacking that which is not essential.

hêsanî

The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly:

hesin

A hand-held device with a heated flat metal base used to smooth out wrinkles in clothes.

hêşînahî

(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

hêşînayî

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]

hêsir

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

hesp

Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

hespê avê

A semi-aquatic, herbivorous, African hoofed mammal of the family Hippopotamidae.

heşt

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

heştê

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

heştem

The person or thing in the eighth position.

hestî

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

hêştir

The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.

hêştirme

A surname from German.

hestiyê ran

(skeleton) The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

heştumîn

The ordinal form of the number eight.

heta

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

heterofobî

Fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality.

hev

(reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

hev nasîn

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

hevalnav

(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

hevberî

A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.