Kurdish–English dictionary

kes

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

keşandin

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

kesk

(US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).

keskesor

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

kesnezanî

(sometimes, _, postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.

kestane

The fruit of this tree.

keştî

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

keştîceng

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

keştiya asmanî

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

ketçap

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

ketin

(transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.

ketin miçilgê

(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

ketin navê

(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. [with in]

ketin rê

(transitive) To present for consideration; to propose.

kevan

An inverted U shape.

kevanî

(US, Australia) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.

kevçe

Especially, to harvest food.

kevçî

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

kevînk

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

kevir

(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

kevirê buhadar ê traşkirî

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.

kevjal

Someone with a Cancer star sign.

kevjala qehweyî

The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.

kevn

Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

kevneparêz

(chemistry) That readily takes part in reactions.

kevneperest

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

kevok

(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

kevot

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

kevroşk

Any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus.

kevz

(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

kew

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

kewar

(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.

kewê ferxik

(chiefly, US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer.

kewkurd

(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

key

(formal) A title of respect used when referring to a king.

kezeb

(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

kêzik

An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

khebernivis

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

kî

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

Kibris

An island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Capital: Nicosia.

kihêl

(archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially one used for riding.

kîjan

(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

kilîd

(US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]

kilig

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

kilîl

(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.

kilît

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

kîlogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kîlometre

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kilox

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

kîmya

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

kîmyasal

Of or relating to chemistry.

kîmyawî

Of or relating to chemistry.

kin

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

kindir

(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

king

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. [from 8th c.]

kinîşt

(countable, Judaism) A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.

kînora bêserî

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

kirdewarî

(singulare tantum) The state of being subjective.

kirêt

Extremely or shockingly ugly.

kirik

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

kirin

(intransitive) To emit one or more bleeps.

kirin kefa destê xwe

To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g., for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.

kirîn û firotin

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

kirkirag

(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.

kirpandin

(phonetics) Having a stress or accent.

kirrîn

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

kirrîner

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

kişandina ber pirsan

(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner

kişik

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

kisl

(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

kîso

(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

kîşwer

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

kitik

An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.

kivark

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

klarnet

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klor

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

kobalt

A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.

koc

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

koçer

(of birds, etc) Migrating.

koendam

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. [from early 17th c.]

kok

(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

kokaîn

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

Köln

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

kolonî

An outlying settlement.

kom

The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).

komînîkasyon

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

komir

A charred substance.

komirr

Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.

komîte

A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

kompozisyon

The composition of a work of art.

komputer

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]

komunîst

Of a bright red colour.

kon

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

kondansator

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

kondom

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.

konfor

Contentment, ease.

konsêr

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.

Kopenhag

The capital city of Denmark.

kor

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

koremişk

Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.

koreograf

A person who choreographs.

korî

(figuratively) An inability to recognize a fact or think clearly about a certain topic, especially because of a prejudice.

korozyon

The act of corroding or the condition so produced.

koşkî

Of or relating to a palace.

kostek

(figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.

kovar

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

kravat

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

krîmînolojî

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

krom

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

kromozom

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

kronolojîk

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

ku

(prosody) The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse.

kuars

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

kuastrolog

One who studies or practices astrology.

Kûba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

kûç

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

kûçik

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

kudik

A young pig.

kûgar

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

kûje

(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).

kulbûnî

(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.

kule

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

kulî

In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.

kulîçe

(figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.

kulîlk

(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.

kulîlkfiroş

A person who sells flowers.

kulind

A kind of vegetable similar to a large courgette, zucchini or squash.

kulindê avî

The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.

kuliyat

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

kumirr

(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.

kun

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

kuncere

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

kuncî

The seed of this plant.

kund

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

kundirê avê

A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.

kunkunî

Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.

kur

Abbreviation of junior, a title used after a son's name when his father has the same name.

kur kirin

(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.

kûrayî

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

kurbeşk

A badger species indigenous to Eurasia, Meles meles.

kurd

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurdî

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Kurdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kurm

(slang, derogatory) A worthless person. [from 17th c.]

Kurmanji Cejna rojbûna İsa

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

kurmik

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

kurr

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

kurrmîr

A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]

kursî

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

kurt

Brief, quick, short.