Kurdish–English dictionary

rehbik

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

rehend

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]

rehetî

Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense.

rêje

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from 15th c.]

rêk

Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. [from 14th c.]

reng

(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

rengdêr

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

renyûm

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

req

Grim or severe in manner or appearance.

reqem

(mathematics) A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.

reqisîn

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

reş

Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

reş kirin

(slang) To sing out, sing out loud.

reşemî

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

reseptor

(biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.

reşik

(now, offensive) A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

restoran

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Réunion

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

rêvas

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

revîn

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

revolver

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

rêwî

(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

rewş

The quality of being bright.

rewşen

(architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

rêx

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

reyîn

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

rez

The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

rêzeçiya

A small group of trees or plants.

rî

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

rih

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

rijandin

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.

rijên

(zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

rim

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

riprast

Completely, wholly.

rîşal

The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.

rîspî

(informal, endearing) Husband.

rîtm

A rhythm.

riweknasî

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

rixtim

A dock or wharf extending from the shore; a pier.

rîz

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

rizîn

(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.

ro

During the day.

robar

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

robot

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

robotîk

Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.

rodî

(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.

rohnî

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

Roj

The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.

Roj baş

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

rojane

That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

rojbaş

(rather formal in, _, US, Canada) A greeting or farewell said in the afternoon.

rojhilat

The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.

rojî girtin

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

rojname

A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.

rojnamevan

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

rojnivîsk

(uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.

Roma

A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.

romajî

A representation of Japanese in Latin script.

roman

Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.

romantîzm

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

Romanya

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

romatolojî

(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

ron

(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.

ronahî

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

ronatî

A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.

rovî

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

rû

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

rû girtin

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

rumatism

(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

rûmenî

(uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.

rûniştin

(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.

rûniştvan

A native or resident of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America.

rûpel

The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

rûs

(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.

Rûsya

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

rût

Bare, not covered by clothing.

rût û repal

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

rûvî

The intestines.

rûviya stûr

(chiefly, medicine) A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

ruxandin

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

Rwanda

A country in East Africa.

saadet

Perfect happiness.

şabanî

(transitive) To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

şaberrû

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

sabote

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

sabûn

(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineral) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

şabûnî

Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.

sade

Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.

saet

(Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.

şafir

(archaic, _, outside, _, Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.

sahib

One who owns something.

şahîn

Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.

sahne

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).

şal

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]

şalgerdan

A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty.

salix

New information of interest.

sallamak

(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).

salname

A schedule of activities; a timetable.

şalwar

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

şalyar

(government) A politician who heads a ministry

Şam

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

saman

Tangible, movable property.

samî

The language of the Lapp peoples.

samimiyet

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

şampanya

(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

şampo

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

samuray

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

şan

(countable, weaving) A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.

şandin

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

sandwîç

A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.

şane

(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.

sanîye

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]

sanskrîtî

A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.

şanzdehumîn

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

şaqizî

(of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

saqo

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

sar

Moderately cold or chilly.

sardî

A Romance language spoken in the Italian region of Sardinia.

şaredar

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

şaredarî

A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.

sarinc

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

Şarlimayn

One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.

şaşik

(headwear) A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

şaşziman

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

sava

A shrub growing this fruit.

şax

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

saxlemî

(idiomatic) Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.

şayesandin

(countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.

şazde

The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

şe

A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.

sebze

(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]

sed

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine.

sedan

The ordinal form of the number one hundred.

sedaqet

Faithfulness to one's duties.

sedeqe

Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

sedrenc

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

sedsal

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

seet

(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

sêgoşe

(geometry) A triangle all of the angles of which are acute.

sêgoşezanî

(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

sekinîn

(intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.

şekir

A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.

seksî

(British, slang) Beautiful, sexy.

seksîzm

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

selete

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

selexane

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

şelig

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.

şêlim

An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.

seluloz

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.