Kurdish–English dictionary

Emerîka

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.

emir

(archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

emojî

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

empatî

The ability to share the feelings of another.

emperyalîzm

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

emrê Xwedê

A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.

encam

(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.

endam

A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

endamwer

Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system. [from 18th c.]

endazyarî

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

endemîk

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

endîşe

(uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

Endulus

A historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Capital: Seville.

enerjiya kînetîk

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

enextar

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

enformatîk

(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.

enî

A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.

enîşk

The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.

Enqere

The capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.

ensîklopedî

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

epîlepsî

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

eqd

An agreement between parties; an arrangement.

eqrebatî

Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.

eqrebe

A person who is relation through birth, as opposed to marriage or adoption.

Erd

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

erdkêşî

Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.

erdnîgarî

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

erdnîgarî coğrafî

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

erdzanî

The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.

erebe

(historical) A horse-drawn carriage once used for transportation in pre-modern Turkey.

Erebî

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

êrîş

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

êriş kirin

(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.

êrîşkarî

(uncountable) The state or quality of being aggressive.

erk

(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.

erkedar

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

ermenî

(uncountable) A branch of Indo-European languages, which includes the various stages of the Armenian language.

Ermenistan

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

erotîk

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

erzan

Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.

êş

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

êşan

(dated, _, slang, transitive) To appreciate, or like.

eşîr

(often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

eşîrên kurdan

A formal group or assembly of witches.

esker

A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.

eskerpot

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

esmanê dev

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

esmannasiyî

(not comparable, astronomy) Of or relating to astronomy.

eşqiya

(crime) An outlaw or bandit.

estetîk

Concerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.

estimation

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

Estonya

A country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Official name: Republic of Estonia.

Ethernet

A computer network that complies with this set of standards.

etîk

(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

etirîn

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

Etiyopya

A country in East Africa.

etnolojî

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.

êvar

The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

êvare

The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.

evd

Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

evîn

(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.

evîndar

Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

ew

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

eware

(figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.

ewil

First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

ewk

(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

ewr

A meat or fish jelly.

ewravî

Covered with or characterised by clouds.

ewtîn

(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.

exlaq

standards of conduct

eynat

(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.

eynî

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

eynik

(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.

ez

Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.

ezber kirin

(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

ezmûn

(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

fabrîqe

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

façeta

Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem.

fagot

A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

faktor

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force

fakûlte

A division of a university.

fanûsgeh

A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

farisî

Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

faşîzm

Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]

fasûlye

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

fayîde

The amount remaining after expenses or other kinds of deductions are subtracted.

faz

(physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.

febrîqeya bîrayê

A building where beer is produced.

fecr

(pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

fedî

Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy. [from late 17th c.]

fêkî

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

felek

(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

femînîzm

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

feodalîzm

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

feqîr

In need; poor.

feqîrî

Extreme poverty or destitution.

fêrber

A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).

Ferensî

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.

ferheng

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

fermentasyon

Fermentation.

fes

A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.

fesal dan

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

feşandin

(transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.

fetisandin

(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

fetisîn

(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

feyîz

An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

Fîjî

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fikare kirin

(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.

fikirîn

(uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

fikirkirin

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

fîl

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

filah

A peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa.

fîlantropî

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filfil

(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.

Fîlîpîn

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filistînî

An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.

fîlolojî

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

fincan

A customary unit of measure

findank

A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.

findiq

Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)

finî

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

Fînlanda

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

Fînlandî

A national of Finland.

Fînlenda

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

Fînlendî

The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

firarê leşkerîyê

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

Firat

A river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.

firavîn

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

firçe

(countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

fire

Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

fîrewn

(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.

firfirok

A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.

fîrîn

To flow with a bubbling sound.

firingî

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

firîwandin

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

fîrma

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

firoşkar

A servant or valet.

firotin

(ambitransitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

firr

The act of flying.

firrinde

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

firrne

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

firûz

Intention or plot.

fis

(informal) Drunk.

fişar

Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

fisteqebîd

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

fistiq

The nutlike fruit of this tree.

fistiqên çaman

(architectural element) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

fiyaqe

A bold or arrogant strut.

fizîk

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fizyolojî

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.