Kurdish–English dictionary

çarîk

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

carine

(idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

carisî

The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

cariye

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

çarşem

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

çatel

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

çav

A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.

Cava

An island in the Indonesian Archipelago, Indonesia.

çawa

(colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.

cawbir

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

çay

(idiomatic, British) To pour out tea for others.

çê kirin

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

ceban

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

cebar

The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.

cebirîn

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

cedel

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

cegera spî

(anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.

ceh

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

cehd

The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

çêj

The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

çêja tal

Scornfully mocking or cynical.

cejn

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

çek

(heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

çekem

(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).

Çekî

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.

çêkirin

(transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.

Çekoslovakya

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çeksekinandin

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.

çêl

(slang, pejorative) An unattractive or unpleasant woman.

çêlek

(pejorative) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. [from 1922]

çelexwarî

(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.

Celîle

A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.

celp

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

çem

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.

cemaet

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

Çemê Seine

A former department of France, the capital city of which was Paris.

cenaze

The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

çeng

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

cengawer

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

çenge

A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

centrallty

A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

çeper

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

çeq

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

çeqelîk

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

cerdevan

A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.

cerg

(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

çergeh

Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.

ceribandin

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

çerm

Made of leather.

çerx

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

cesaret

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.

çeşîddarî

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

çetel

(informal) The space between the buttocks.

cev

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

cewab

(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

cewazî

That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.

cewrik

A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

ceyran

(specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.

cez

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

ceza

(figuratively, of marijuana) Moist and sticky, (by extension) highly potent.

cezayê mirinê

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

Cezayir

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

çi

A bet or wager.

cibe

(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

cigare

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

cîh

Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

cîhad

(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

cîhan

(also, figurative) A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain. [from after 1400]

cîhde

Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

cihê

Other; different from something else.

cihê cihê

(archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.

cihêkirin

(mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

cîhgir

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

cihû

A member or descendant of the Jewish people.

cihûtî

An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.

cil

Clothing.

cil wergirtin

(transitive) To clothe or adorn.

çilêya pêşîn

A period of time.

çilm

(informal, uncountable, sometimes, slightly, vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

ciloq

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

cîlwedar

Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.

çima

(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.

çimkî

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

cin

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

cînar

Adjacent; neighboring.

cînav

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

Çînî

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

çînko

(countable) A single atom of this element.

cins

Sex or gender. A division of organisms into masculine, feminine and possibly others, by sexual or social characteristics.

cinsiyet

(grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate. [from 14th c.]

çip

(countable) A small amount of a liquid.

çirore

A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]

çîrrokbêj

(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.

çiv

A zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing.

civak

(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

civakî

(of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.

civaknasî

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

civakparêzî

Any of a group of later political philosophies such democratic socialism and social democracy which do not envisage the need for full state ownership of the means of production nor transition to full communism, and which are typically based on principles of community decision making, social equality and the avoidance of economic and social exclusion, with economic policy giving first preference to community goals over individual ones.

çivan

(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

civat

A connected group; a network, a web.

çivîk

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

çivîkên şeytanok

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

civirîn

(cybernetics) The ordered set of intermediate states assumed by a dynamical system as a result of time evolution.

cîwa

(with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers). [from 17th c.]

ciwan

(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.

ciwanikî

Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. [from 16th c.]

çîya

(figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.

çiyakêş

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

cizdan

(US, UK) A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

co

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

cog

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

cografya

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

cokey

One who rides racehorses competitively.

çol

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

çolsî

The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.

coş

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

coşbûyî

Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

cot

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

cotbûn

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

cotkar

A person who tills; a farmer.

cotkarî

Of or pertaining to agriculture.

Cotmeh

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.

cotyarî

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

cotzeyandî

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

çov

(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path

çovgan

(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

çoxik

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

çûk

Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

cûmik

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.

cûn

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

cure

Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

cure masiyek

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

cûtin

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

dab

(military) An antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object.

daberîn

The act by which something is offered.

dabeşbûn

A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

dabilandin

(informal, transitive) To quickly swallow liquid.

daçek

(grammar) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).

dadgeh

(legal) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.

dadî

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

dadik

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

dagirkerî

Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.

dahelandin

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

dahol

(ambitransitive) To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.

daîme

(duration, idiomatic) For the entire time; always.

daketin

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

daliqandin

(transitive) To put up to hang.

dan

To give; to offer; to commit.

dan ber çavê xwe

To expose to chance; to take a risk.

dan dabeşandin

(transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.