Kurdish–English dictionary

otomobîl

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

otopsî

A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.

otorê

(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.

Otrîşî

A person from Austria or of Austrian descent.

oxir

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

pak

(of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors.

Pakistan

A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

paladyûm

A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.

paldank

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

Panama

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

pankreas

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

panteon

(religion) A temple dedicated to all the gods.

pantheon

(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.

panzde

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

panzdehumîn

The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

papaxal

A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

paqij

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

paqijîker

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

par

Relating to Parthia or Parthians.

Paragûay

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.

parapet

A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.

parastin

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

parçe

(countable, slang) A cut of the take (money).

pardariya gelêrî

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

pareng

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

paresan

(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations. [from 19th c.]

parêzer

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

parêzgeh

A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]

parêzî

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

parîkirin

(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.

parleman

(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

pars

Any big cat of the genus Panthera.

parsû

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

partîkul

A small amount of something.

pasaport

(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.

paşgir

(computing) Ellipsis of file extension.

pasîfî

The state of being passive.

paşînî

The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

paşlerze

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

paşnav

(archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.

paşpêşî

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

pastirme

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

Paştûnî

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

paşverû

(politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.

paşwendî

A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

patin

A kind of oven/furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.

patriyotîzm

Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

paxir

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

pê

A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

pê de kirin qarewar

(transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.

pê de xûz bûn

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.

pê ve hatin kirin

(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.

pe ve kirin

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

pê xebitîn

To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.

pêçan

To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

pêçî

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

pedal

A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.

pêjimar

(accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.

pêjimêrk

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

pejinîn

(transitive) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.

pêk hatin

To become real: to become true or existent.

pêkhate

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

pêkhatin

The fulfillment of something worked for.

pêkolî kirin

(with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

pel

Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.

pel girtin

To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.

pel vedan

To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

pelatînk

A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.

pêlav

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

peldank

(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.

pelikandin

To record in documents.

pelixandin

(transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.

pembe

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

pêmen

Subject to deprivation; poor.

penaber

Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.

penageh

A place of safety or refuge.

pênc

The digit/figure 5.

pêncem

The ordinal form of the number five.

pêncî

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

pêncşem

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

penêr

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

penîr

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

Pennsylvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

peqandin

(intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.

perasû

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

perdaq

A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

perdeya guh

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

pere

The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

pergala xebitandinê

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

pergende

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

perisandin

(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

peristgeh

A house of worship, especially:

perr

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

perre guh

(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.

persorik

The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. [from 17th c.]

Perû

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

perwerde

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

pêşbirkî kirin

(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

pêşborî

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

pêşdanî

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

pêşdîrokî

(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.

pesinandin

To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

pesind bûn

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

pêşkêş kirin

To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. [from 14th c.]

pêşnêrî

(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.

pesto

(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.

pêşû

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

petat

(US, derogatory, racial slur, offensive) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person (slang).

pêveber

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

pevre

Into one place; into a single thing; combined.

pêwîst

Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]

pêxas

Wearing nothing on the feet.

pexş

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

pexşan

The process of constructing.

pêyamber

A person who delivers messages.

peyandin

(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

peyîn

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

peyivîn

(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

peykel

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

peyman

(uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

peyv

(uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.

pî

(mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.

piçek

To a limited extent or degree; not completely.

pidû

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

pijandin

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

pijînî

(intransitive, figuratively) To be uncomfortably hot.

pijiqandin

(transitive, of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

pîl

An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.

pilêr

A female squirrel.

piling

A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.

pilûr

Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae.

pincar

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

pîr

Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

pirasa

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

pirbûn

The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.

pirbûyîn

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

pirç

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

pîrê

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

pîrebab

(informal) grandfather

Pîrenê

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

pîrik

(obstetrics) A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

pirika mil

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

pîroz

Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.

pirrjimar

(usually, followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.

pirrolekerî

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

pirs kirin

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

pirsîn

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

pirteqal

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

pirteqalî

(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.

pirtika çivanê

(grammar) The last part of a word.