Sorani vocabulary

SORANI–ENGLISH VOCABULARY
bâwash شﻩو bosom, embrace: hałim- Farhad legendarily carved the moungirt
ba ~imawa I grabbed him in my
arms; ~-kirdin ba …’dâ v.t. to emtain
for Shirin
betâqat تﻪــﻗﺎــµ ــåــﺑ anxious, unable to enbrace:
bâwash’y pe’dâ kird she emdure; ~-kirdin v.t. to make anxious:
braced him
bâwazhin نژ ﻩو stepmother
bâwâ او grandfather
bâwik کو father
bâwishk-dân ناد ﮏﺷو v.t. to yawn
bây ی price, worth
bâyakh خﻪــــﯾ worth, value; ~-dân ba to
attach value to, to pay attention to:
hîch bâyakhe ba qsakám nâdâ he
doesn’t pay any attention to what I
say
bâyqûsh شوﻮﻘﯾ owl
bâz ز hawk, falcon; ~gardân نادرﻪــــــﮔز
hawking, making a hawk fly (method
yâd i bâwkî zor betâqatî kird the
memory of his father made him very
anxious
betâwân ناوﺎـــ µåﺑ innocent; ~î ﱏاوﺎـــ µåﺑ innocence
bewa ﻩﻮ ﺑ widow; ~zhin نژ ﻩﻮ ﺑ widow
bez ﺰåﺑ condescension
bezh- ﮋåﺑ = biwezhbezha
ﻩﮋåﺑ literature
bezhân ناﮋåﺑ bezhe- ێﮋåﺑ v.t. to sift
bibiřây یا…ــــــــــــﺑ never: ~ ~ nâchimawa
gund I’ll never ever go back to the
village
bibû وﻮ ـــــﺒـــــﺑ (past perf. of bûn) s/he had
of choosing a new king in folktales)
bâz-dân la v ناد ز v.t. to flee in haste
been: dawlat a khâwanqudratakân i
dîka ka la shař’dâ peroz bibûn the
from, to run away in fear from
bâzher ﺮ§ژ city, market
bâzig گز arm; dappled (horse)
bâzîband ﺪﻧ ﻪﺒﯾز bracelet
be / without (for most compounds in
other powerful states that had been
victorious in the war
bichkoł ڵﯚﮑ little, small
bichûk کوﻮ small, little
biłâw وÀــــــﺑ widespread; ~-kirdin v.t. to
be-, see following element; note that spread, publish, publicize; ~ kirdin-
there are a few be- compounds that do
not occur without the prefix: they are
awa v.t. to broadcast, publish; ~akirdin
ندﺮـــــB ﻩوÀـــــﺑ
v.t. to disperse, go
listed alphabetically); ba ~ awaî (+ away: khałk biłâwayân kird the peo-
subj.) without: ba be awaî biybînim
without my seeing it
be- = biye-, subj. of hâtin
bechû وﻮﭽ ﺑ baby
bedaratân نc ﻩرﻩﺪ
ﺑ poor, unfortunate
begâna ﻪﻧﺎﮕ ﺑ stranger, foreigner
begâr رﺎﮕ ﺑ waste of time
bejiga la v ﻪﮕﺠ ﺑ except for
bekanâr رá ﻪﮑ ﺑ limitless, shoreless
beł- «ﻴﺑ subj. of heshtin, for bíhełben-
ﻦåﺑ subj. of henân, for bíhenbenzhîn
ﻦa» ﺑ v.i. to sneeze
besar-u-shwen ﻦــ§ ﻮــﺷورﻪــﺴــåــﺑ
homeless,
destitute
beshik ﮏﺸåﺑ thicket
Besitûn نوﻮـــ ﺘ8ﺴåﺑ ــ Behistun, the site where
ple dispersed
biłbił «ﺒkﺑ nightingale
biłesa ﻪﺴåkﺑ fiery
bilind ﺪﻨﻠﺑ high, exalted
biłîmat تﻪـﻤــــ ;kﺑ genius, clever; ~î ﰏﻪـﻤــــ
;kﺑ
cleverness
bilwer ﺮــ§ ﻮــﻠــﺑ
reed flute; ~ le-dân to play
the flute
bin ﻦــñ bottom; ~amâł(a) ڵﺎــﻣﻪــﻨــﺑ family;
~jor رﯚــﺠــﻨــﺑ curious, inquisitive; ~jorî
یرﯚـﺠﻨﺑ ــ curiosity; ~mil ﻞـﻤـــ ûﺑ nape of the
neck
bina ﻪﻨﺑ baggage, belongings
binâgha ﻪـôﺎــ ﻨﺑ foundation; ~ dâ-rishtin to
lay a foundation
binâr رﺎﻨﺑ mountain skirt, foothill
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