Sorani vocabulary

arrow or bullet, hit the mark
pełâw وÀ ﭘ shoes
peło ﯚk ﭘ eyelid
penâs سﺎûåﭘ identity, identity card
penâw وﺎ ـــ ûåﭘ:
la ~ i ...’dâ for, for the sake
of: la penâw i âzâdî’dâ khom bakht
akam I’ll risk my life for the sake of
freedom
penj ﺞـûåﭘ ـ ـ five; ~am مﻪـÌûåﭘ ـ ـ ـ fifth; ~shamma
ﻪﳑ ﻪﺸﺠûåﭘ Thursday
peřaw وﻩgــــــــ å ﭘ pedestrian; sidewalk; pro-
pewa ﻩﻮ ـــ ـــﭘ:
~ dân see ba …awa dân; ~
girtin see ba …awa girtin
pewand ﺪــﻧﻩﻮــــﭘ contact, link; ~-girtin lagał
v.t. to form a link with
pewân ناﻮ ﭘ pew- ﻮ ﭘ v.t. to measure
pewâr راﻮ ﭘ unseen, invisible
pewdân نادﻮ ﭘ measure, rule
pewîst ﺖـﺴß ـﻮــﭘ
necessary; ~î ﱴــ 8ﺴß ـﻮــﭘ
necessity
pey ﯽä ﭘ = pe
gram
pere ێﺮåﭘ = pare
pesh ﺶـåﭘ ـ before, ahead; ~ awaî (ka) before
(conj); ~-girtin ba v.t. to
prevent: la chûn pesh’yân pe girtim
they prevented me from going; ~girtin
la v.t. to stand in front of; ~kawtin
v.i. to advance, go forward,
get ahead of: peshmân kawtûn they
have gotten ahead of us; dânà ~ to
drive forward
peshak ک ﻪﺸåﭘ foreword
peshawâ او ﻪﺸåﭘ leader
peshîn ﲔـﺸåﭘ ــ former, olden; ~îân نﺎـــــ
;¿ﻴ8ﺸåﭘ ــ
the ancients, ancestors, forefathers
peshkash شﻪـﮑﺸåﭘ ـ ــ present, gift; ~-kirdin
ba v.t. to present to; ~-krân v.p. to be
presented
peshkawtû وﻮـوﺗ ﻪـﮑﺸåﭘ
ـ ــ advanced, progressive
peshmarga ﻪــﮔرﻪــﻤــﺸــــ å ﭘ guerilla, freedom
fighter
peshnirâw واﲊــﺸــــ å ﭘ proposed, suggested;
proposal
peshnyâr رﺎــ; ــــ ¿ ﺸــــ å ﭘ suggestion; ~-kirdin
v.t. to suggest
peshnyâz زﺎــ; ــــ ¿ ﺸــــ å ﭘ suggestion; ~-kirdin
v.t. to suggest
peshwakht ﺖﺧ ﻩﻮﺸåﭘ early, untimely
peshwâz زاﻮـﺸåﭘ ــ greeting: hât ba peshwâz
i merdakáyawa she came to greet her
husband; ~î kirdin v.t. to receive
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SORANI–ENGLISH VOCABULARY
pichiřândin نﺪـﻧاgـﭽﭘ ـ pichiřen- ﻦـ§ gـﭽﭘ
ـ v.t.
to break, break apart
pichiřîn ﻦــga ــﭽــﭘ pichiř- gــﭽــﭘ v.t. to break,
cut; ~-awa la to sever relations with:
kâkim la ema pichiřîwatawa, hâtuchû’mân
nâkâ my brother has severed
relations with us—he doesn’t come to
see us; hał-~ to force a cover off
pichiřrân ناgـﭽﭘ ـ pichiřre- ێgـﭽﭘ ـ v.p. to be
broken, snapped
pichok کﯚﭽﭘ little, tiny
pif ﻒﭘ puff; ~-kirdin v.t. to puff, blow
pil ﻞﭘ finger, toe
pilân نﻼﭘ plan
piłâw وÀﭘ pilaf, cooked rice
piling ﮓﻨﻠﭘ tiger
piłîshâ|nawa ﻩوﻪـﻧﺎـﺸõkﭘ ـــ v.i. to be mashed,
squashed; ~ndinawa ﻩوﻪـﻧﺪـﻧﺎـﺸõkﭘ ـــ v.t. to
squash
pilk ﮏﻠﭘ eyelid
piř gــــــــــــ full; for compounds, see next
element; la ~ g ــ v,
la ~èk’á ﲀ ــ§
gــ
v,
la
~dâ ادgــــــ v suddenly, all at once; ~ la
…awa full of; ~-bûn la to be angry
with: let piřim: mamdwena I’m angry
with you: don’t speak to me; ~’î
pe’dâ kirdin v.t. to snatch away; ~âî
ﰃاgــ midst, middle: la piřâî i âwakádâ
pest ﺖﺴåﭘ skin
petakht ﺖﺧ ﻪµåﭘ capital
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in the middle of the water; majority:
piřâî i khałkaká hât the majority of
the people came
pird دﺮ bridge
piřma ﻪﻣg whinny, snivel
pirshing ﮓﻨ8ﺷﺮ ray
pirsîn ﲔﺳﺮ pirs- سﺮ la v.t. to ask