Sorani vocabulary

inesht ﺖﺸåﻨﺑ chewing gum
binj ﺞﻨﺑ root
binyâdam م ﻩدﺎ;¿ﺑ human
binyât تﺎـــ ;¿ﺑ foundation; ~-nân v.t. to lay
a foundation, to construct
biř gـــــñ bit: biřèk âw’im da give me a bit
birîq|adâr رادﻪـــﻘـــﯾﺮـــñ shiny; ~ân نﺎـــﻘـــﯾﺮـــñ
birîqe- âﻘﯾﺮñ v.i. to shine, to sparkle
birîtî ﱴﯾﺮñ = biretî
biro ۆﺮñ eyebrow
birrân
of water; (2) piece (of wood): dû biř
dâr bena bring two sticks of wood;
(3) group: tûsh i biř a pyâwe bûm I
met a group of men; (4) power,
strength; ~-dân v.t. to flow: am rûbâra
biř nâdâ this river doesn’t flow; ~kirdin
v.t. to have strength: biř nâkam
l’ am kefá sar kawim I can’t
make it to the top of this mountain; to
be effective: tâ châw ~-kât as far as
the eye can see; ~ le-dân v.t. to shuffle
(cards); tař u ~ gــــ وڕﻪــــﺗ
drenched:
kirâsakám tař u biř a my shirt’s
drenched; la ~ altogether: bar i am
gwezá la biř chand a? how much
does this walnut tree produce altogether?
biraw وﻩﺮــــــñ popularity; ~ paydâ-kirdin
v.t. to be popular
birâ اﺮñ brother; ~yâna ﻪﻧpاﺮñ brotherly
biřân ناgñ. See biřrân.
birdin ندﺮـــــñ ba- ﻪ ـــــﺑ
(v.t., 3rd sing. pres.
dabâ(t); impt. sing. (bi)bara) to take,
carry; ~à sar رﻪـﺳ ﻪـﻧدﺮـñ
to spend (time):
am shawá l’era bibaynà sar let’s
spend tonight here; dar-~ to endure
biretî la v ﱴlﺮñ consisting of
birinj ﱋﺮñ uncooked rice
birinja ﻪﳒﺮñ copper
biřisht ﺖـﺷgـñ fertile ground; power, ability
biřist ﺖﺳgñ power
birîn ﻦـﺮa ـñ
wound; ~dâr راﺪـﻨﯾ ـﺮـñ
wounded;
~pech ﭻ¥Œﻨﯾﺮñ nurse
biřîn ﻦـga ـñ
biř- gـñ v.t. to cut; dar-~ to disclose,
reveal; châw-~ la to be hopeful
of; qsa pe-~ to interrupt: ba tundî
qsakám pe biřî u gutim I quickly
interrupted him and said
1 نارﺮـــــــñ birre- ێرﺮـــــــñ passive of
birdin in all senses; la nâw ~ to be
done away with
biřrân 2 SORANI KURDISH
نارgــــــñ biřre- ێرg ــــــñ
(passive of
biřîn) (1) to be cut: ba tawir dâraká
biřrâ the tree was cut with an ax; (2)
to be finished, to be no more: nânmân
la mâł biřrâ there is no more food in
our house; ~awa to cease: tâwe bârân
nábiř-râyawa the rain didn’t cease for
a time; dâ-~ to cut off; hał-~ la to
part from, get separated from: la dostakáy
hałbiřrâ he parted from his
friend
birs|ân نﺎـﺳﺮـñ hunger; ~iyatî ﰏﻪـــ ﻴ8ﺳﺮـñ
hunger;
~î ﳻﺮــñ hungry: birsîma I’m hungry
birwâ اوﺮــــñ belief; ~-kirdin ba v.t. to believe
in; (2) permission; ~-dân v.t. to
allow, let: diłim biřwâ nâdât châwim
ba minâłî bikawe I don’t have the
heart to look at his child; ~nâma
ﻪﻣáاوﺮñ diploma
biryâ pﺮـــــñ would that (+ past conditional):
~ aw kâráy nakirdibâya would
that he hadn’t done that
biřyâr رpgـــــــñ decision; ~-dân v.t. to decide;
~-nân v.t. to decide; la ~
henânà khwârawa to make one
change one’s mind: hîch shitèk la
biřyâr i khoy nayhenâyà khwârawa
nothing could make him change his
mind
birzhân ناژﺮـــــــñ birzhe- ێژﺮـــــــñ v.i. to be
roasted
birzhândin نﺪــﻧاژﺮ ــñ
birzhen- ﻦــ§ ژﺮــñ
v.t. to
roast
birzhâng ﮓsاژﺮñ eyelash
bitâqa ﻪﻗﺎﺘﺑ ticket
biv ﭫﺑ buzz
biwe ێﻮ ـﺑ
(pres. subj. of wîstin, with pro-
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