ne

From Proto-Iranian *na, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *na, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. Related to na.

Ez ne kurd im.
I'm not Kurdish.


der

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Compare English door, Persian در (dar), Ossetian дуар (dwar), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuar^əm), Russian дверь (dverʹ).


par

From *p- + *ar-, cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆- (yārə-, “year”), English year, all from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- (“year”).


niha

A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”).

ji niha û wêvatir


yan

Alternative form of yenî (“that is to say”)


pey

Compare Persian پی (pey, “behind, back”).


sernişîv

Milê me kete êk û di cada fireh û dirêj da em sernişîv bûyn.

1995, Xelîl Duhokî, Antolojiya çîroka nû ya Kurmancên başûr:


serberjêr

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serberjêr (comparative serberjêrtir, superlative serberjêrtirîn)

serberjêrtir (comparative)
serberjêrtirîn (superlative)

/sɛɾbɛɾˈʒeːɾ/


îro

From î- (“this”) + ro (“day”). Compare Central Kurdish ئەمرۆ (emro), Persian امروز (emruz).


bêguman

/beːɡʊˈmɑːn/


pêrar

Related to pêr (“the day before yesterday”) and par (“last year”) from pêtir (“more”) + *ar (“year”), cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 (yār^ə, “year”), English year, all from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- (“year”).


anku

Alternative form of ango (“that is to say”)


piço-piço

/pɪt͡ʃoːpɪˈt͡ʃoː/


bêhtirpêr

bêhtir (“more than”) + pêr (“two days ago”)


jî

From Proto-Iranian *-ča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Kalasha že.


jixwe

From ji + xwe, literally "from itself". Compare Central Kurdish خۆی (xoy, “already, anyway; itself”).


nexwe

From ne + xwe, literally "not itself (then)". Compare xwene (“isn't it that..., otherwise”), jixwe.

then, in that case, otherwise, negative coordinate of jixwe.


xweşbextane

/xʷɛʃbɛxtɑːˈnɛ/


carcaran

/d͡ʒɑːɾd͡ʒɑːˈɾɑːn/


carinan

/d͡ʒɑːɾɪˈnɑːn/


îşev

From î- (“to-”) + şev (“night”). Compare Central Kurdish ئەمشەو (emşew), Mazanderani ام شو (am šo) Persian امشب (emšab).


pirr

Akin to Central Kurdish پڕ (pirr, “full”), Zazaki pirr (“full”), from Proto-Iranian *pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Related to Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa), Latin plēnus, and English full.


dubare

Cognate with Persian دوباره (dobâre, “again”).


pêş

Borrowed from Persian پیش (piš, “before”).


yanî

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yanî or ya'nî (Arabic spelling یانی or یاعنی)

yanî (canonical)
ya'nî (canonical)
یانی (Arabic)
یاعنی (Arabic)


yenî

From Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī, “that is”), non-past form of عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”), derived from the root ع ن ي (ʕ n y).


ancax-ancax

/ɑːnd͡ʒɑːxɑːnˈd͡ʒɑːx/

Reduplication of ancax (“only, barely”).


ancax

/ɑːnˈd͡ʒɑːx/

From Turkish ancak (“only, at best”), from Ottoman Turkish آنجق (ancak, “only, at best”).


kurdane

/kʰʊɾdɑːˈnɛ/

kurd (“Kurd”) + -ane (“-ly”, adverbial suffix)


avarrê

/ɑːvɑːɾˈɾeː/


averrê

From an early variation of ve (“off, away”) with metathesis and rê (“way”). Compare varrê, verrê.

away, aside, off the beaten path; departed, deviated


her dem

Ew her dem heman tiştî dibêje.


bi tevahî

overall, altogether, totally, completely, in total, all in all, by and large, on the whole