Kurdish–English dictionary

xewer

Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

xeyidîn

(intransitive, idiomatic) To be elected to some office.

Xeze

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.

xêzik

A caricature.

xezîran

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

xilwet

A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

xirab bûn

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

xirabî

(figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

xirîstî

(obsolete, England) A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

xirîstiyanî

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

xirwatî

A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.

xişr

Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.

xiyar

(vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

xizan

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

xizmet

(transitive) To serve.

xizmetkar

(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.

xoce

A Muslim schoolmaster.

xoreme

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

xox

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.

XPK

(countable) A text message sent using the short message service.

xudê

An idol.

xulam

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

xulamî

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

xunav

(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.

xurek

That which nourishes; food; diet.

xurekên ji hevir

(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

xurekpêjî

(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.

xurifî

(often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

xurik

A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.

xurme

The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]

xurt

Courageous, daring.

xûsik

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

xuşk

Of or characteristic of sisters.

xuwar

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

xwardin

(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.

xwarin

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

xwe

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

xwe ji gunehan weşandin

(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.

xwe şûştin

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

xwebûnî

(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

xwêdan

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

xwedê hezke

(often, as disjunct) Barring unforeseen circumstances, it is hoped that (while generally also indicating acceptance of God's will).

xwedîbûn

That which nourishes; nutriment.

xwedîtî

(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.

xwekuştin

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

xwelî

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

xwendekar

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

xwendevan

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.

xwendin

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

xwere

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

xwerû

Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.

xweş

(affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.

xweşbextane

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

xwestek

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

xwestin

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

xwêya kevir

(mineral) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.

xwezî

(uncomparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope. [from 18th c.]

xwîn

(medicine, informal, countable) A blood test or blood sample.

xwînber

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

xwînborî

(US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.

xwînhêner

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

xwînjiberçûn

The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

xwînmeyîn

(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.

XXX

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

yadîgar

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

Yangtsê

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

yanzde

The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

yanzdehumîn

The ordinal form of the number eleven.

yard

A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.

yarî

A trick or deception; a falsehood.

yarîker

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.

yat

(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

yazde

The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

yedek

Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.

yek

An unspecified example of (something); the indefinite article. [from before 1150]

yek qoç

Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

yeke

(uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.

yekem

Of or belonging to a first family.

yekîtî

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

yekjimar

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

yekşem

Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.

yekser

In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

yekûn

A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

Yemen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

yewnanî

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

Yewnanistan

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

Yezdan

A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.

yidîşî

A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

Yonanî

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

Yûgoslavya

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

za

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

zabit

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

zadegan

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

Zambiya

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.

zang

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

zangoç

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

zanîn

To have knowledge of beforehand.

zanîngeh

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

zanist

The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]

zanistmend

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

zanko

An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.

zanyar

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]

zar

(vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

zaro

(Scotland, and parts of, _, Northern England) A child or baby.

zarok

A pet project or responsibility.

zarokjiberbirin

(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]

zarotî

(mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child.

zarrok

A person who is immature, infantile, or feeble.

zarrokxane

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

zarûk

A young person.

zava

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

zebeş

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.

zêha kirin

(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

zeîfî

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

zelam

Fully grown.

zembere

The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.

zembîl

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

zencere

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

zencîr

A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

zend

(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

zenûn

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

zêr

☉ (alchemy)

zerar

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

zerav

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

zerdelî

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

zerik

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.

zêrr

Abbreviation of Friday.

zerzewatfiroş

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

zevî

The area or sphere of control and influence of something.

zewicî

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

zewq

(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

zeytûn

The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

zîbeq

(chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element).

zift

A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.

zift kirin

(obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

zik

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

zikam

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

zikêş

A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, in which the pain is usually lower than the stomach and related to the intestines.

zikok

One of two lower chambers of the heart.

zîlik

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

ziman

An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

zimanê çînî

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

zimanê devkî

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

zimannasî

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

Zîmbabwe

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

zimrûd

Of a rich green colour.

zina

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

zincîr

(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

zir

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

zirafe

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.