Kurdish–English dictionary

şemisandin

(with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.

senato

In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.

Senegal

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

şeng

Casually calm and relaxed.

sentîmetre

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm

sepandin

To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

şer

Someone with a Leo star sign

şerab

Affected by the drinking of wine.

şêranî

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

serbî

A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

Serbistan

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

serbixwetî

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.

sercan

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.

serdaner

Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

serê sibê

the part of the day between sunrise and noon.

seredanî kirin

(transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]

serekdayik

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

serekrahib

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12th century.]

serenav

(grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter. [14th c.]

serhêçk

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

serî

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].

şerîet

(Islam) A body of religious law forming a part of the Islamic tradition based on the scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith.

seriketin

(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]

serkêşî kirin

(transitive) To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.; to direct.

sermawez

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

sermaye

(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

şêrmê

A female lion (animal).

sermemik

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

sermetran

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

sermil

A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)

şermok

(dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.

serok

The head of state of a republic.

serpêhatî

The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.

şêrpence

(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

şerrker

A warrior; a fighting soldier.

sersaxî

(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

serserî

A roving vagabond.

serşok

(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

şert danîn

(transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.

serûbin

Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

serwerî

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

serwet

(uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches.

serxwebûn

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

şeş

(slang) Sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

sêşem

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Tuesday.

şêst

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

şeşwîk

One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.

Sêûl

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

sêv

A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]

şevrevînk

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

sêwî

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

şewq dan

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

seyirîn

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

Seyşel

An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

seza

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

sêzde

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

sêzdeh

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

sêzdehumîn

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

sî

(by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

sî sih

An emaciated person.

sibat

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.

Sîbîrya

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

sîcîlyanî

The language of Sicily.

sifir

A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

şîfre

Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.

sîgorta

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

şihîre

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

şikandin

(ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.

şil kirin

(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.

şilaq

A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.

Şîle

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

sîleh

Any equipment for resistance.

şilêl

The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]

sîlîsyûm

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

sim

The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

şima

A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

simbêl

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

simbil

An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.

simêl

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

şimik

(footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.

şîn

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

sîng

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

Singapûr

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

sinif

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

sînor

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

sînor danîn

(transitive) To put a border on something.

sipas

(often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.

sipî

(anthropology, dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).

sîpor

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

şîr

A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold.

sirb

(dentistry) Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.

sirbî

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.

şîrdar

An animal of the class Mammalia.

şirebaran

A heavy rain.

şîrîn

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

sirişt

(figuratively) The fundamental nature or values of a person, or an organization or other thing, especially when considered as innate and/or immutable.

siriştnas

A scientist dedicated to natural science.

sîrk

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

sirke

The egg of a louse.

şirket

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

şirove kirin

(transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.

siruştî

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

şîşe

(figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.

sisêyan

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

sîstema dehaniyê

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

sîtoplazma

(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.

şîv

(intransitive) To eat dinner.

şîvan

(now, rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.

sivîlîzasyon

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

şivira kedî

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

siwar

A soldier in the cavalry.

siwar bûn

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

şixab

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

şixar

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

sîxur

(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

şîzofrenî

(now, deprecated) A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder. [from 20th c.]

şkandin

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Skandinavya

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

skêç

A short comic performance done by amateurs.

skelet

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

Skender

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

skleroza

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

slavonî

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slovakî

(uncountable) The West Slavic language of Slovakia.

Slovakya

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slovak Republic. Capital and largest city: Bratislava.

Slovenya

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

soberîkirin

(intransitive) To swim under water.

sohtin

(transitive) To burn something to ashes.

şokolata

(countable) A light to medium brown colour.

Sokrates

A en given name of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher.

sol

(transitive) To apply horseshoes to (a horse).

solfiroş

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Somaliya

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

Somalya

A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.

sond xwarin

To make a solemn promise (to do something).

sope

(dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

şopparêzî

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

sor

(nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

şoravk

The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

şorbe

A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

şorbehûr

The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

soricik

(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

sosyalîzm

(Marxism-Leninism) The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.

soz

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

spanî

(chess) A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.

Spanya

A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

spas

(colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).

spasî

The state of being grateful.

spêle

(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

sperma

(uncountable) Semen.