Kurdish–English dictionary

hevde

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

hevdehem

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

hevdem

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

hevdîtin

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

hevgihiştin

(intransitive) To come together; to meet.

hêvî

A sizeable jump, great leap.

hêvî kirin

To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

hevîr

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

hevkarî

(uncountable) The act of collaborating.

hevok

An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.

hêvotin

(transitive) To instruct or train.

hevpeyman

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

hevrîşim

The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.

hevşîk

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

hevşîre

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

hevstîv

(cookware) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

hewa

The middle of the air, as while in flight.

hewalnêr

One who brings messages.

hewanasî

The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

hewandin

To consider as part of something; to comprehend.

hewar

A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.

hewcetî

Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.

hêwirîn

(intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.

hewr

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.

heyf

(uncountable) An act of revenge.

heykel

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

heykeltraş

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.

heykeltraşî

(countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.

heyranî

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Heyv

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

heyvgirtin

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

heywan

(science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).

hêz

Physical strength; muscularity.

hez kirin

(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

hezar

A shot which hits the centre of a target.

hezare

(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

hezarem

(military) A unit of angular measurement equal to 1/6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (~0,98 m). Also 1/6000 and 1/6300 are used in other countries.

hêzgeh

An industrial complex where electricity is produced.

hezîran

The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.

hîjyen

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.

hilanîn

To set aside for a purpose.

hilatin

(transitive) To acquire or pull in, as funding.

hilavêj

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

hilavêtin

(slang) To vomit.

hilawisîn

(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.

hilbijartin

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

hilbûn

(transitive, intransitive) To lift upwards or vertically.

hilceniqîn

(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.

hîle

The process of adulterating.

hilgirtin

The act of hauling.

hilketin

(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.

hilm

(countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.

hilsegandin

An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.

hilû

Flat and level.

hilûk

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]

hilweşandin

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

hîm danîn

To begin building.

hîn

Thus far; up to the present; up to some unspecified time.

hinar

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

hinartin

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

hinavêş

Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

hindî

The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.

hindik

Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

hindik caran

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

hindir

Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.

Hindistan

(chiefly, historical, proscribed, _, in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.

hinduîzm

A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.

hing

(informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.

hingaftin

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

hingiv

(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

hingivîn

(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

hingorî

(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

hîpertrofî

(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

hîpnoz

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

hîpofîz

(anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.

hîqik

A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.

hirç

(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

hirçolek

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

hirhop

A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

hirî

(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

hirmê

(informal, sometimes, derogatory) One who is gullible and easily duped.

hirmî

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

Hirvatistan

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

hîş

(idiomatic, figurative) Intelligence, cleverness.

hişarkirin

To urge; to advise earnestly.

hişk

Very dry.

hişk kirin

(transitive) To dry by heat.

hişkalav

The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]

histî

A narrow opening in a vessel.

hişyarî

A warning.

Hîtît

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

hizar

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103 (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)

hizr kirin

(chiefly, US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

hokar

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

Holanda

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

holendî

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

homofobî

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homofon

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homoseksûalîte

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

homoseksûel

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.

homoseksuelî

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

honas

(management) The leader of a work crew.

Hondûras

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

horî

(Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

hormon

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.

hosa

(manner) In a similar manner.

hovane

Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.

hûçik

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

hûf

Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

hukumet

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

humûs

A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.

hûn

The individual or group spoken or written to.

huner

The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.

hunerî

Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.

hunermend

An artist who paints pictures.

hûr kirin

(transitive) To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.

hûrbîn

(US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+1⁄2-point type.

hûrjînewerzanist

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.

huske

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

hwd.

And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.

Îbrahîm

Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament). [First attested prior to 1150.]

îbranî

Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.

Ido

A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral.

îfet

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

ihtimal

(countable) The probability of something happening.

ijmar

A numeral.

îlon

The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.

îmaj

A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.

îmam

(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.

îmkan

A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

împarator

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

împaratorîçe

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

în

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

Încîl

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

îndîvîdualîzm

The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.

îndiyûm

A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.

indonêzî

Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.

Îndonezya

A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.

îngilîzî

(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.

Îngiltere

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

ingiroktî

The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

înglîz

A person from England or of English descent.

inglîzî

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

insaniyet

(uncountable) The human condition or nature.

însulîn

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).

înternet

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

iqtibas

(transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

Îran

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

îranî

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Iraq

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.