Kurdish–English dictionary

spî

(historical) A silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para.

spih

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

spînax

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

standin

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

statû

personal status or standing.

stem

(countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).

Stembol

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

Stenbol

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

stêr

(archaic) A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.

stêre gul

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

stêreger

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

stêrk

A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.

stêrnasî

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

stîl

An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial. [from mid 16th c.]

stiran

(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

Stokholm

A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

stran

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

stranbêj

A person who sings, often professionally.

strî

A bone from a fish.

sûc

(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

Sudan

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sûdbexş

Having a practical or beneficial use.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

suhbet kirin

(formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

sultan

A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

sûre

Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

Sûrî

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

Sûriye

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

surrealîzm

(art) An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.

şûştin

(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath.

suwar

A man who rides a horse.

Svêçî

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Swêd

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

swêdî

The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

Swîsre

(countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

ta

(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

talamûs

(neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.

talûke

Full of danger.

Talyanî

(uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.

talyûm

A metallic chemical element (symbol Tl) with atomic number 81: a gray post-transition metal that discolors when exposed to air.

tamijîn

(transitive) To harass with persistent requests.

tamjimar

(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.

Tanzanya

A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

tarî

Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

tarîfkirin

To describe or depict with words or gestures.

tarîtî

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

tarîtiya êvarê

The close of the day; the coming of night.

tarxûn

A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.

tas

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

tat

(by extension) A large difference of opinion.

tav

The star that Earth revolves around, and from which it receives light and heat.

tavehîv

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

tawas

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

taybetmendî

(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.

tayîn

The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

Tayland

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.

tazetî

The state or quality of being fresh.

tazî

Naked, uncovered.

tazîtî

The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

tê dan

To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

tebax

The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

tebeqe

A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

tebîet

Temperament, temperamental makeup or habitual mood.

teblî

A metal pan or tray to catch and retain ashes.

tecrîtkirî

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

tefrika

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

teftiş kirin

To inspect, examine

tehl

Tasting sour or bitter.

Tehran

The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.

tehsîs

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

tejî

Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

têjik

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

tek

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

têkel

Having two or more separate aspects.

têkil bûn

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

Teksas

A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.

telaqdayî

A divorced person.

telefon

(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).

telefonker

(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

tema

A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

temam kirin

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

temas

The act by which something is touched.

tembel

(slang) A person who is lazy.

temîzkirin

(gerund of clean) The process of making something clean.

temûz

The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.

tendurist

Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.

teng

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

tengav

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

tenî

A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.

teokrasî

Government under the control of a state religion.

teolog

One who studies theology.

teolojî

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

tepedor

(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

teqrîben

Very nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.

ter

Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

têr şidandî

In a tight manner.

terazî

Someone with a Libra star sign

terciman

To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.

tercime

A translation.

terîfkirin

The act of defining; determination of the limits.

terişandin

Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.

terkîb

A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]

termal

Pertaining to heat or temperature.

termînolojî

A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.

termodînamîk

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

termostat

A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

terorîzm

(historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

tersane

A place where ships are built and repaired.

têrxwê

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

teşî

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

tesîr

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

teswîr kirin

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]

teşxîs

(of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).

têtî

A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

tetmînkar

Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

tevdan

(transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).

tevînek

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

tevir

A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

tevizîn

(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

tevlihevbûn

The act of unifying.

tevnker

A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.

tewawkirî

composed and coordinated to form a whole

tewş peyîvîn

(intransitive, pejorative) To talk rapidly without making much sense.

text

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

texte

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

textê kişikê

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

textebend

The top surface of a counter, for preparation of food etc.

textekawis

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

teyfik

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

teyr

(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).

teyrikê dewletê

(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.

tib

(uncountable) The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.

tif

(uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.

tif kirin

(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

tifek

A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

tihn

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.

tihnî

(informal, uncommon) Causing thirst; giving one a need to drink.

tije kirin

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

tijî

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

til

(historical, _, units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.

timsah

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

tîmus

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

tîp

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

tir

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

tiraşîn

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

tîrbûn

(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.

tîre

Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.

tirî

Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.

tirkî

Any branch of that family.

Tirkiye

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.