Kurdish–English dictionary

nargîle

(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

narsîsîzm

Excessive love of oneself.

nasan

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

natrîyûm

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

natûr

spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained

nav

Being in the centre.

navbeynkar

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.

navend

The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.

navik

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

navkêşî

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

navmil

(countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.

navnîşan

A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. [from 17th c.]

navteng

The central part of a human body; the waist.

nazî

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

ne

An expression indicating a lack of enthusiasm or willingness (in something or to do something).

nebaş

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

nebat

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

neçar

Unable to defend oneself.

necarr

Any of species Picus viridis of European woodpeckers.

neçêyî

The quality or degree of being bad.

neçik

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

nêçîr

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

nêçîrvan

One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

nefel

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

nefî

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

neh

The digit or figure 9.

nehêja

Small, moderate in size.

nehem

The ordinal form of the number nine.

nehgon

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

nejidil

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

nelicih

Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest.

nelikar

(computing) Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.

nelixwe

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

nêm

(symptom, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.

nemir

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

Nemsa

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

neon

(countable) A form or sample of the element.

Nepal

A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.

nepandin

To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

Neptûn

(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

nêr

(slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

nerast

(computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.

nêrehing

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

nêrgiz

(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.

nerîn

To look briefly at (something).

nerîngeh

A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.

nerm

Mild; benign.

nerm kirin

(transitive) To make weaker or less strong.

nermalav

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

nesaxî

(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.

nesîb

Destiny, especially favorable.

netewe

(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.

neteweyî

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

netîce

That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

netrîl

(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.

neurologî

The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.

nevî

A child of someone's child.

nevis

The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

newêrekî

Lack of courage.

newton

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second.

nexşe

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

next

Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

nexwe

An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).

nexwedîkirî

(by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.

nexwendewar

A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person. [from mid 17th c.]

nexweş

Affected with or suffering from disease.

nexweşî

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

neyar

An opponent or rival.

neynûk

The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

nezan

Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

nezanî

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.

nêzîka

Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.

nêzikbînî

The property of being nearsighted, myopia.

nêzîkî

In a close manner.

nezle

(medicine) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.

niçik

(anatomy) A protuberance.

nifş

A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. [from 14th c.]

nîgar

Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.

niha

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

nihe

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.

nîjadparêzî

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

Nîjerya

A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos. Currency: naira (₦).

nikandin

(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.

Nîkaragua

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Nicaragua. Capitalː Managua.

nîkel

(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.

nikil

(zootomy) The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

nikisîn

(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.

Nîl

A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.

nimandin

(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

nimînende

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

nimûne

A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.

niqte

A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

nîr

(informal) All right; acceptable; good.

nirx

(countable, uncountable) Value.

nirxandin

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

nîşa

(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.

nîsan

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.

nîsk

(informal) A contact lens.

niştiman

The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

nîtrojen

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

nîv

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

nîvê şevê

Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

nivêj

(uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.

nîvgirav

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

nivîs

(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

nivîsar

(uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.

nivîsin

(transitive) To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

nivîskar

A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.

nivistin

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.

niyaz

(legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.

niyet

A course of action that a person intends to follow.

nizm

At a lower level than before.

nod

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nok

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

nomînalîzm

(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

noq bûn

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

noqav

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

normal

As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances. [from 14th c.]

Norwêc

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

noşî can be

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.

not

The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.

nox

The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

nozde

The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

nozdehem

The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

nû

Recently made, or created.

nûçe

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

nûçename

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

numandin

(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

nuqte

(orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.

nûsîn

(transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.

nusxe

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

NY

Initialism of United Nations.

objektivite

The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by irrational emotions or personal prejudices.

oda xewê

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

ode

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

Odîseya

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

ofsayd

(sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.

okyanos

(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.

Okyanûsa Arktîk

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

ol

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

olzanî

(uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. [from mid-14th c.]

Oman

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat.

operasyon

(military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).

oportunîzm

(Marxism) The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests.

ordek

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.

organîzasyon

The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.

orgazm

(euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

orkinos

Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

Orşelîm

A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.

oruspu cocuklari

(transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.