Kurdish–English dictionary

ژه‌نگ

The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).

ژیان

(slang, intransitive) To fight; to brawl.

سربی

(historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

سرکه‌

One who is grumpy or irritable. [from the early 20th c]

سفره‌

A cable with many conducting wires running parallel to each other on the same flat plane; often used for internal peripherals in a computer.

سلاو

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

سه‌ده‌

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

سه‌رشاخ

The summit of a mountain.

سه‌رین

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

سه‌ما کردن

(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

سوتان

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

سوود

An advantage; help or aid from something.

سوور کردنه‌وه‌

(chiefly, US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.

سینه‌ما

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

شامپۆ

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

شانه‌

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

شخاته‌

A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.

شلتێن

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

شه‌رم

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

شه‌شه‌م

(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the sixth position.

شه‌ق

(archaic) A kick; a blow with the foot.

شه‌قام

(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

شۆخ

Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

شیر

(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.

شین

(particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.

شێر

A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

عه‌نتیکه‌ خانه‌

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

عه‌یبدار

Having one or more defects.

فاسولیا

A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.

فانیله

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

فه رهه نگ

The vocabulary of a language.

فه‌رش

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

فه‌رمان

A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

فو

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

فیزیا

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

فیل

The 105th sura (chapter) of the Quran.

ڤیان

Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

قاپ

(countable) A person from India. [from 13th c.]

قاش

A large or dense piece of something.

قه‌ل

A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden

قه‌له‌ڕه‌ش

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

قوربانی

A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.

قورس

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

قورگ

A mountain pass; a defile.

قۆڵه‌نگ

Grus grus, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family.

قیژه

A cry or shout.

قین

A strong aversion; an intense dislike.

كۆمێدی

(countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone

کابینه‌ت

A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.

کاروان

A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

کاسه

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

کاشەر

(Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).

کافر

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

کامیرۆن

A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Capital: Yaoundé. It also claims Ambazonia.

کتێبخانه‌

A shop that sells books.

کچ

(education, of a school) Providing instruction for female students only.

کرێ گرتن

(transitive, chiefly, UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

کرێکار

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

کشتوکاڵ

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

که‌له‌ ڕه‌ق

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

که‌م

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

کوردی

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

کول

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

کونه‌لووت

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

کوێری

(medicine) State or condition of sightlessness, often due to medical reasons.

کۆتر

A male pigeon.

کۆمه‌ڵایه‌تی

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

کینیا

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

گاڵته‌

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

گان

(vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

گانکردن

(ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

گرد

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

گریان

(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

گفتوگۆ

A conversation or dialogue. [from 15th c.]

گه‌رما

A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.

گه‌لێك

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

گه‌نج

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

گه‌نمه‌شامی

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

گه‌وره‌بوون

(intransitive) To increase, to rise

گوان

An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

گوڵاڵه‌ سووره‌

Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

گوێ

(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

گۆ کردن

(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.

گۆچان

(idiomatic, US) A muscle cramp, usually a strong one, in the thigh, leg, arm, or core.

گۆران

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

گۆرانی وتن

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

گۆشتی به‌رخ

The meat of sheep used as food.

گیا

(uncountable) A lawn.

لاق

(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

لق

A small thin branch of a tree or bush.

له‌ بار که‌وتن

(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.

له‌دایکبوون

To come into existence through birth.

له‌سه‌ر خۆ

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

له‌ش

(countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.]

له‌مه‌وبه‌ر

(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time; already.

لەم ڕووەوە

An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

لوبنان

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".

لووت

(intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

ماچ

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

مارماسی

Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.

مامر

A young chicken.

ماوه‌

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]

مراوی

The edible fruit of this tree.

مه‌فهوم

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

مه‌مک

(figuratively) A place where something is made or formed. [from 15th c.]

مه‌مک memk

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

مه‌مله‌که‌ت

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

مەلا

(Islam) A scholar and teacher of theology and sharia law, and an issuer of fatwas.

مونیخ

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

میر

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

میز mîz

(urology) Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion.

میکرۆفۆن

A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.

مێرد

An exclamation or expression of alarm about a problem or error.

مێشوله‌

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

ناخۆش

(archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.

نامه‌

(formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.

ناهێشتن

The act of destroying.

ناو

What somebody or something is known for.

نزیک

About to be specified.

نه‌ته‌وه

(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

نوقڵ

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

نیاز

To want emotionally or sexually.

نیشتیمان

(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

نیشتیمان په‌روه‌ر

A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

نینۆک

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

هه‌تیو

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

هه‌ردو

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

هه‌رزان

Appropriate to a restricted budget.

هه‌ڵقه‌ندن

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.

هه‌ڵۆ

Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

هه‌مولا

All people.

هه‌ناسه‌

An explosive charge for blasting.

هۆ

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

هیچ

(colloquial) Nothing. [from 1789]

هێز

Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.

وه‌ستا

The original of a document or of a recording.

ویکیفه‌رهه‌نگ

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

وێنه‌

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.

یه‌ک خستن

(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.

یه‌ک گرتوو

A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.

یه‌که‌م

Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

یه‌کێتی

The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.