See li in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"word": "li dijî"
},
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"word": "li dora"
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{
"word": "li gora"
},
{
"word": "li pey"
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{
"word": "li pêş"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Northern Kurdish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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