Friday, April 13, 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012

لێ دان LÊ DAN

Lê dan means "to play" for certain musical instruments.

Na zanim çon zurna lê bim (bidem).

means

I don't know how to play zurna.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

ده‌رخوارد دان DERXWARD DAN


Derxward dan means (I think) "to secretly feed" (??).


Eger daykim bêt bo êre, goştî  berazî derxward eyem (edem).

means

"If my mother comes here, I'm going to feed her pork."

Note: I hope this post doesn't offend anyone. My husband was joking around and hoping his mother could come to visit soon, and would not actually do this as she is Muslim. I just thought the verb was interesting, and we are a bit lighthearted joking about this sort of thing.

Monday, March 12, 2012

ئه ڵقه کان EŁQEKAN

EŁQEKAN means "the rings."

Ełqekan le ałtûn drûst krawin.

means

"The rings are made of gold."

Saturday, March 10, 2012

تێ کردن TÊ KIRDIN

TÊ KIRDIN means "to pour" (at least in this context).

Çayekîket bo tê (be)kem?

means

"Shall I pour you another tea?" (meaning "Would you like another tea?")

Here are my posts from a few years back. I'm going to be doing the same sort of thing here:

http://kurdishwords.livejournal.com/