#sorani

Keeping Kurdish alive, in music, literature, private classes, media, academia (and all of this self-organised, from below and in the realms of agency of a non-state nation under constant attack), in itself is an act of anti-colonial resistance.

This day, also a big thank you to all Kurdish teachers out there volunteering and dedicating their time and efforts to disseminate a criminalised and de facto banned language, to fight back the states sponsored loss of identity.

Unutma!!!

Güneşin doğuduğu yerde

I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned this before, but I find this series to be a really easy read! There’s furigana, and a very nice balance of known words and context such that looking up words doesn’t usually slow you down from getting into the story. I really recommend it! Plus there’s an anime coming Oct. 2020!

打算的; ださんてき; calculating, mercenary

背教者; はいきょうしゃ; apostate, renegade

作り替える; つくりかえる; to remake, to remold, to remould, to convert, to reconstruct, to adapt, to parody, to alter

罪悪感; ざいあくかん; feelings of guilt

拭う; ぬぐう; to wipe

容態; ようだい; condition (usually animate)

蟠り; わだかまり; cares, ill feeling, reserve

賛同; さんどう; approval, endorsement

土煙; つちけむり; cloud of dust

持ち切り; もちきり; hot topic, talk of the town

チャンバラ; sword fight

末っ子; すえっこ; youngest child

相続; そうぞく; succession, inheritance 

召し使い; めしつかい; servant, menial 

クロスボウ; crossbow     [I could NOT figure out this katakana, haha]

好み; よしみ; friendship, friendly relations, connection, relation, intimacy 

野次馬 ;やじうま; curious onlookers, rubbernecks 

羽振りのいい; はぶりのいい; powerful, influential, prosperous, popular 

枠; わく; frame, slide, border 

地道; じみち; steady, honest, sober, straightforward 

腹違い; はらちがい; (brother and sister) born of a different mother [see also: 種違い、たねちがい、half-sibling (by a different father); uterine sibling; maternal half-sibling; half-brother; half-sister

暗渠; あんきょ; subterranean drain, culvert, conduit 

献身; けんしん; dedication, devotion 

せき止める; せきとめる; to dam up, to hold back, to keep back, to bring to a halt, to intercept 

ノルマ; (one's) quota, assignment 

瓜坊; うりぼう; wild boar piglet 

捏ち上げ; でっちあげ; fabrication, put-up job, trumped-up story, frame-up, hoax 

介抱; かいほう; nursing, looking after

蠢く; うごめく; to wriggle, to squirm, to crawl like a worm 

鏃 ;やじり; arrowhead 

茶番; ちゃばん; farce 

染みる; じみる; to have a touch of, to look like 

子守; こもり; babysitter, nursemaid    [like 子守唄、ころいうた、lullaby]

一丁前; いっちょうまえ; becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society             [this is the second time I’ve seen this word this week]

長丁場; ながちょうば; long (stretch of) distance 

殲滅; せんめつ; extermination, annihilation 

自我; じが; self, the ego 

野営地; やえいち; camp site, campground 

当てにする; あてにする; to count on, to expect someone to (provide help, etc.) 

加護; かご; divine protection 

搬入; はんにゅう; taking in, bringing in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture), carrying in 

集る; たかる; to gather, to crowd round, to swarm, to flock 

諸共; もろとも; (all) together 

寸断; すんだん; cut (tear) to pieces 

腑甲斐無い; ふがいない; disappointing, weak-minded, spiritless, cowardly, worthless, pusillanimous, feckless, faint-hearted, shiftless, tame, timid 

根刮ぎ; ねこそぎ; root and branch, thoroughly, by the roots 

兆し; きざし; signs, omen, symptoms 

適さない; てきさない; unsuited, unfit, ill-fitted 

形勢逆転; けいせいぎゃくてん; the situation reverses itself, the table is turned, the shoe is on the other foot 

一枚上手; いちまいうわて; one step higher, one better, cut above, one up 

そびえ立つ; そびえたつ; to stand towering over the surrounds 

困惑; こんわく; bewilderment, disturbance 

ざる; not, un- 

器用; きよう; skillful, handy 器用貧乏; きようびんぼう; Jack of all trades and master of none 

教典; きょうてん; scriptures, canon, teaching guide 

窃盗罪; せっとうざい; theft, stealing, larceny 

豚箱; ぶたばこ; police cell, lockup 

崩御; ほうぎょ; death of the Emperor, demise 

洛陽の紙価を高める; らくようのしかをたかめる; to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work), to raise the price of paper in Luoyang

道程; みちのり; distance, journey, itinerary 

揉み合い; もみあい; jostle, struggle, scuffle 

空似; そらに; accidental resemblance 

盗人; ぬすっと; thief, robber  [OK WHAT KIND OF WORD IS THIS]

自棄っぱち; やけっぱち; desperation 

制覇; せいは; conquest, domination, mastery 

漠然; ばくぜん; obscure, vague, equivocal 

緩やかに進む; ゆるやかにすすむ; to proceed slowly 緩やか; ゆるやか; loose, slack 

足踏み; あしぶみ; stepping, stamping, marking time (for a soldier)    [reminds me of undoukai/sports festival] 足踏み状態; あしぶみじょうたい; standstill 

体たらく; ていたらく; state of affairs, predicament 

持ち合せる; もちあわせる; to happen to have on hand or in stock

this a repost of a post i wrote last year on kchikurdi that i found again.

let’s start this off with some words in both sorani and kurmanci in a birthday party setting.

hopefully one day the people of kurdistan can celebrate their birthdays in peace.

vocabulary [sorani | kurmanci]

birthday: cejnî dayikbûn | rojbûna [lit.: day of being/becoming] – rojbûna can be used for sorani too

party: aheng | partî [partî comes from turkish influence who got it from westerners]

cake: kuliça or paste or kek

spoon: çimça or kawçik (slemani) | kevçî

balloons: mîzala | balon

knife: çaqo | kêr

fork: çatal | milêvdanî [çatal is a turkish word]

gift/present: dîyarî

party hat: klawî aheng | kumê partî

ice: sahol | qêşa

ice cream: dondurma | dondirma or qeşayê xawarinê

candles: moman | mûman

decoration: don’t know the sorani word | xemil

verbs [sorani | kurmanci]

to be born: le dayik bûn | ji dayik bibe [literally: to ‘be’ from mother; to exist from your mother]

to eat: [nan]xwardin or xoxwardin | xwarin or êmxwarin

to drink: xwardin | vexwarin

to be full: ter xwardin | ter bibine

to be happy: xoş bûn or xoşhal bûn | kêfxwêşbûn

to laugh: hîlklandin or [pe]kanîn | kenîn

to dance: samakirdin | bi govendê

to clap: çap(la?)kirdin | bi çepikan