Kurdish–English dictionary

pirtûkxane

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

pirzimanî

(of a person) Able to communicate in a number of languages.

pis

Abbreviation of Sunday.

Pîsagor

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

pîşe

(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].

pişîk

(chiefly, North American, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

pisîka kovî

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.

pisîng

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

pişkdar

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

pispor

(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.

pişt

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

piştevan

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

piştî hingê

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

piştxûz

(derogatory, now, offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.

pîtandin

To fill with one's semen.

pîton

(zoology) A type of large constricting snake.

pitpit

Mindless chatter.

pîvan

(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

pîvaz

The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

pîvok

A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

piyano

(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]

piyon

(India) An infantryman; a soldier.

pîza

(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

pizan

The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.

pîzaxane

A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

pizza

(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

plaj

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

platîn

A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

plazma

(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended.

plutonyûm

The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

pneumonia

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

pola

(slang, dated) Money.

polîs

(informal) A police officer or prison guard.

politeîzm

The belief in the existence of multiple gods.

polonî

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

Polonya

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

polonyûm

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

porr

(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.

porrtiraş

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

Portekîz

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

Portûgal

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portugalî

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

post

The skin of a human or animal.

potata

(informal) A potato. [from 1845]

poz

(nautical) The front part of a vessel.

pozbilindî

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

Prag

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prehîstorya

The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

projektör

An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]

Promêteûs

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prostata

The prostate gland. [from 1646]

protaktinyûm

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

psîkolojiya klînîkê

(obsolete) A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.

psîkoz

(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

pûjan

Operated by coins.

pûr

(affectionate) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

pûrt

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

pûşber

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

Putîn

A surname from Russian.

qaîşokî

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

qalikdar

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.

qalind

(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.

qalind bûn

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).

qalîşk

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

qamîş

(euphemism) The penis.

qanûn

(law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

qarmîçe

(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

qasidandin

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

qaşo

As appears to be true or is stated or accepted to be (though might not be so).

qat

(construction, architecture) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.

qatil

A person who commits murder.

qawe

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

qayîk

(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.

qaz

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

qazan

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

Qazaxîstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

qazî

(by extension, golf, also, attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.

qazquling

Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.

qebare

Size, specifically, volume.

qebûl kirin

(transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.

qedandin

(transitive) To destroy completely.

qedînek

The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]

qefa

A large cave.

qefes

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

Qefkasya

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

qehreman

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

qehwaltî

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

qehwe

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

qehweyî

Having a brown colour.

qelîş

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

qelye

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

qemsî

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

qenc

(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.

qenepe

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

qerax

The outer edge of something.

qerewêle

(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. [1325]

qertaf

An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

qeşa

Water in frozen (solid) form.

qeşaşkên

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

qesem

(obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.

qeşeng

Elegant, stylish.

qeşmer

A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.

qet

At any time.

qetandin

(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.

Qeter

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.

qijik

A well-known black-and-white corvid species, Pica pica, of Eurasian distribution.

qîjîn

A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

qilêr

Covered with filth; very dirty.

qîm kirin

(ambitransitive) To be enough (for)

qiral

(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

qirêj

(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

qirêjî

(UK, Irish, pejorative, slang) The police.

qirik

The throat or esophagus.

qirika reş

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.

qirr

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

qirrik

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production.

qonax

(physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

qoqiz

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

quark

(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.

qumar

A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.

qumarxane

A public building or room for gambling.

qumik

(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

qûn

(euphemism) A person's buttocks.

qûre

A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

qurm

(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)

qurt

A small mouthful of drink

Quşxane

(countable, cookware) A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces.

qutik

(headwear) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

qutiya vitêsê

That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.

rabûn

To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.

radîkal

(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.

radyoaktîv

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radyûm

Radio or television broadcasts.

ramûsan

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

ramûsandin

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.

rarê xistin

(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.

rast

Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. [13th c.]

ravekirin

To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.

rawe

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

rawêjkarê federal

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

rawest

(rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

rawestgeh

A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.

rayavêtin

A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.

rayeka navdêrî

The vocative particle, used for direct address.

raz

Understood by only a few.

rê

(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

rê dan

To give power or authority (to do something).

rê li ber girtin

(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.

rêbendan

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

rêç

Direction, path.